This has nothing to do with Exchange, at least as it pertains to PSTs.
------Original Message------ From: Matthew W. Ross To: NT Issues ReplyTo: NT Issues Subject: Re: Outlook 2007, constant hard disk thrashing. Sent: Oct 21, 2009 2:29 PM What?! 5GB? A separate partition? Can't defrag files that large?! Thank heavens we don't use Outlook/Exchange. That's just insanity, if you ask me. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:25:30 -0700 Subject: Re: Outlook 2007, constant hard disk thrashing. > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Phillip Partipilo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sure my PST file is about 5 gigs, but 2003 never did this. > > FWIW, we've found that for large PST/OST files, putting them on a > dedicated hard disk partition helps Outlook 2003 performance > significantly. When mixed in with everything else, they fragment like > crazy and performance goes to hell. (And FYI, the Microsoft defrag > utility apparently can't handle files > 2 GB.) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
