Jason, What product are you using to backup the local psts??
Thanks, Eric On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Jason Gurtz <jasongu...@npumail.com> wrote: > Always wondered how that worked. If memory serves me, isn't the > exceptionally bad idea to keep the pst files on a compressed ntfs volume > that is accessed over the network? Something about an abundance of > uncompress/recompress cycles due to the access pattern causing severe > client access latency. Maybe that's not quite as big a deal with archive > psts. > > To address the original question, our archiving is to local pst and backup > exec client agent takes care of the backup. Laptops are the pain-point > here; it's tough to get a user to commit leaving the laptop plugged in on > a certain day/time every week let alone every day! I plan on evaluating > the new DPM 2010 disconnected client functionality for this in the near > future (which looks pretty sweet). > > ~JasonG > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 16:11 > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Exchange 2007 Email Retention Strategies > > > > The PST "driver" opens multiple handles (and in the case of network > > access, SMB streams) to a PST file. Just like on any other busy file > > server, you may need to increase the value of IRPStackSize to > accommodate > > for that. PSTs tend to accentuate the issue because of the multiple > > handles. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Michael B. Smith > > > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > > > > > From: Eric [mailto:seag...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:06 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Exchange 2007 Email Retention Strategies > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > >
