I suppose I don't really need to be keeping the past 5 years of NTSysadmin and ActiveDir emails :-)
That big PST file is actually only in 144 fragments (we do automated network-wide Sunday defrags). Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Outlook 2007, constant hard disk thrashing. 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/> ~ -- If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6OTg1MjA5MDY4On BqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
