100+ files sounds like you should look at an archiving system to ingest and index the data in order to get what you want.
Our product DigiScope http://www.lucid8.com/product/digiscope.asp can load and search across multiple EDBs or PSTs at one time and even deduplicate the results but it doesn’t index the data so that during the next round you can find things faster. You know since its PST files you might take a look at X1 www.X1.com since they have a desktop client that I think can do this and they do create an index. Pretty inexpensive as well. Only negative thing I can say is that sometime the client blows up and I think it has to do with the indexing size, other than that its pretty cool. Again IMO if you are looking for some repeated search capability across 100+ large PSTs you should probably look at something that can ingest it into a SQL db to make it more efficient ** I suppose you could also inject the information into an Exchange DB with sub folders for each user and then use the Exchange search post indexing Troy C. Werelius Lucid8, LLC troy_werel...@lucid8.com 425.456.8499 Monday-Friday 8AM to 6PM PST http://www.lucid8.com - This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Melahn [mailto:den...@advancedav.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Searching offline PSTs Anyone know of any tools for indexing and searching a shared folder with 100+ large PST files? Thanks, Dennis --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist