Okay, I've been trying to following this, and as I know nothing of Exchange/Outlook... perhaps I misunderstood something... Help me clear this up:
These PST/OST files, they are located on the Client, or on the Server? Because a 5TB partition just for a database on the server doesn't sound so bad. But each client with a spare partition for a Mail client's database file... that sounds ridiculous. And maybe that's where I'm mistaken... am I? If they're on the client, what does it hold? A copy of all the email including attachments? Does it need to be backed up? --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/> ~
