I am not sure if this is the same article but it shows that storing PST on a file server is not supported.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297019 One admin I spoke to says he has seen it bring down a file server, which I need to avoid at all costs considering the design of our network. Thanks, Eric On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Carol Fee <c...@massbar.org> wrote: > We store all PST files on the network file server, and users have no issues > accessing them. > > CFee > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric [mailto:seag...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:06 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Exchange 2007 Email Retention Strategies > > We are looking at limiting the age of messages for our users to 45 days. > Users can then archive messages older than 45 days to a PST file. > Unfortunately it is recommended that PST files should only be accessed > locally so backing up this data is difficult since it would reside on each > persons local hard drive. What other strategies have people come across? Or > useful links? > > Thanks! > > Eric >