Our Archive Solution is Legato Networker with an ADIC 36 tape slot x2 tape drive Library using the new 200GB native Ultrium2 drives (pronounced big and fast), that is 7TB + 1 Cleaning tape in slot 36.
Only 300 users, we filled all of the tapes using monthly FULL with daily incrementals in 3 months. Doesn't sound too bad right? The tapes are $52 each, that means we have $1,872 in tapes in the machine x4 for one year retention = $7,488 (in tapes)... Ok now factor in the Freedom of Information Act.. 10 years with of each version of a document or email....Yes by all means just add the zeros.. Oh did I mention your tax dollars at work? /ALE > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Larry Wahlers > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:15 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Information store size > > I'll join you in the lion's mouth. I also have someone in sr. > management with a mailbox approaching 1Gb, and we have a > default setting of 100Mb per mailbox. When people request > more space, we make it difficult for them. We tell them to > autoarchive, clean up, etc., all so we can keep the IS small > enough to have a reasonable restore window. Executives, of > course, get theirs increased whenever they ask. > > We are non-profit, so we cannot afford the expensive > auto-archive solutions that make everything seamless. And of > course I am aware of the dangers of storing corporate data in > .pst files. My hope is that as the data gets older, if it's > lost because it was archived, maybe they printed it off and > filed it somewhere. > > Oddly enough, the executive director of my department (the > afore-mentioned 1Gb sr. management's boss) has a simple > solution. He has > 12 folders - one for each of the last 12 months. He keeps > everything in the current month's folder. When a new month > begins, he deletes the month that's 13 months old. I believe > he must also have a folder somewhere for the important stuff > that he has to keep forever, but maybe he just prints it and > files it somewhere. > > If I didn't insist on mailbox limits, and make it difficult > for folks to get theirs increased, I'd have folks with 5Gb of > mp3's and 20Gb of downloaded movies in their mailboxes. Not > to mention folks who back up their CD's onto disk (this > actually was done by a micro support person who is no longer with us). > > And, so it goes. > > -- > Larry Wahlers > Concordia Technologies > The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Tim Gowen > > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 3:37 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Information store size > > > > > > Well, not to put my head in the lion's mouth, but: > > > > 8. It's simply nuts to store PSTs on a network drive. They just end > > up taking up more space. Is disk space on your file server > > cheaper than > > disk space on your Exchange server? > > > > This information conflicts with earlier advice about > limiting the size > > of the information store. If someone has a mailbox > > approaching 1Gb, and > > they're senior management, then it's difficult to insist on > a limit of > > 200Mb as well as saying "You can't use a personal folder either". > > They're going to over-rule. > > > > That said, I personly only use a PST for exchange discussions > > digests... > > :-) > > > > > > Tim > > > > > > Subject: RE: Information store size > > From: "Chris Scharff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:48:47 -0500 > > X-Message-Number: 9 > > > > There are far more than 521 reasons. Ed was reading from the > > short list. > > A brief why PST=3DBAD is an appendix to the Exchange FAQ IIRC.=20 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > > To subscribe: > http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > > Jupitermedia Corp. > > Attn: Discussion List Management > > 475 Park Avenue South > > New York, NY 10016 > > > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. 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