"60 Gig with 150 users" Just curious... What limits do you have on mailboxes?
________________________________ From: N Parr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder For archiving purposes in the past I've had over 300k in one folder. What makes the biggest difference if you are running a PST or OST is the local hardware. It was amazing how much faster access improved when I put the pst on a Raptor SATA2 drive separate from the OS instead of a normal SATA. 10-20 GB PST with 200k msg's in one folder and access is almost real time when you are sorting and searching. My Sunbelt lists have 20k-200k on them and they are running just fine, all on the server no local storage. It also seems like if you are running in cached mode there's just no hope of a large mailbox having any speed to it, especially when you first fire up outlook. One thing people seem to forget with a PST and OST is to defrag every once in a while. Again, depending on the hardware that can make a huge difference and I think the original question is entirely subjective to that. My mail store is only around 60 Gig with 150 users on an overkill server so everyone else's mileage may vary. ________________________________ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Outloot Limit on messages per folder Same here but I do maintain multiple folders but I rarely exceed 2k in anyone of them. Jon On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Christopher J. Bosak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Absolutely. I, by default, archive at 2000 messages. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 07:05 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outloot Limit on messages per folder I think we can safely say that 20,000 email messages in the inbox is going to be a problem - always. From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Outloot Limit on messages per folder What version of Outlook and is this the Inbox or a sub folder. Is this a PST, OST, or Exchange format. I know with Outlook 2003 using a PST things usually got sluggish but that depended also on the total disk space being used and whether I had upgraded to the later version of the PST or was still using the Outlook 97-2000 version of a PST. Jon On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Fergal O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All What is the max amount of messages a folder in Outlook should contain? I have a user with approx 20000 messages in his Inbox and Outlook is causing problems Regards Fergal O'Connell ICT Support The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended addressee please contact the sender and dispose of this e-mail. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
