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! ~
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> 

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