assuming you meant priv.edb and not pub.edb, the answer is SIS (Single
Instance Storage).
Matthew
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"Besides the technical limitations on the PST (remember the P stands for
Personal, that means you're responsible not the mail admin)..." Jim Schwartz
8-16-01
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Khandu Veer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>>Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 12:38 AM
>>>To: Exchange Discussions
>>>Subject: RE: Move Mailbox Transfer Rate
>>>
>>>
>>>Missy,
>>>
>>>I had wondered why the exmerged psts are much bigger than
>>>pub.edb. Thanks
>>>for the explanation.
>>>
>>>Warm Regards,
>>>- Khandu
>>>______________________________________________________________
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>>>Formulasys India Limited
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: missy koslosky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>>Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:44 PM
>>>To: Exchange Discussions
>>>Subject: Re: Move Mailbox Transfer Rate
>>>
>>>
>>>Exmerge will kill his single instance storage, and his 40GB
>>>database will
>>>end up at almost 50GB if he's got only a 1.2:1 ratio. I'd
>>>try moving the
>>>mailboxes in chunks of 50-100 at a time, and ensure that
>>>it's done from the
>>>receiving server's Admin program for efficiency.
>>>
>>>I'd guess that this can be done in 2-3 working days, without
>>>overtime. Just
>>>let the users know that their mailboxes may be "temporarily
>>>inaccessible"
>>>and that their access should be resolved in 20-30 minutes
>>>(it should take
>>>less per mailbox, but you always look good when things take
>>>less time than
>>>you've said...).
>>>
>>>Missy
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Glenn Corbett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 6:19 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Move Mailbox Transfer Rate
>>>
>>>
>>>Sander,
>>>
>>>Any reason you think that exmerge will bring along corrupted
>>>messages ?
>>>Since Exmerge is essentially copying the message from the
>>>mailbox store to
>>>the .PST file, a corrupted message will cause Exmerge to hiccup.
>>>
>>>We had major store corruption some time ago, approx 600 of the 1600
>>>mailboxes wouldn't move via the Exchange Administration tool due to
>>>corruption. Exmerge allowed those mailboxes to be
>>>successfully moved. Simply
>>>looking at the exmerge log file, deleting the offending
>>>message(s) from the
>>>mailbox allowed the migration to occur in most cases.
>>>
>>>We have also used Exmerge doing only the first phase of the migration
>>>(extracting to .PST file), in order to determine which mailboxes were
>>>corrupt. Have done this a few days ahead of a migration to
>>>determine those
>>>mailboxes which will have to be manually moved. This allowed
>>>us to expedite
>>>those mailboxes with no detected corruption, and focus our
>>>efforts on those
>>>mailboxes that were having problems.
>>>
>>>Glenn
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Sander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:00 PM
>>>Subject: Move Mailbox Transfer Rate
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi All
>>>>
>>>> I know one should not generalise and each system is different. I
>>>> acknowledge these two factors, but does anyone have any
>>>stats on the
>>>> average transfer speed they obtained while doing a move
>>>mailbox. The
>>>> servers in question are not in my site so I cannot quickly
>>>run a test. The
>>>> servers are on a 100 MB switch.The total mail store is
>>>approx 40 GB. I
>>>> would like to calculate an approx time needed to move
>>>mailboxes this way,
>>>> exmerge is not an option as the original store has
>>>corruptions in it. I
>>>> need to check after each mailbox if the new store is still
>>>consistent.
>>>>
>>>> Any info is appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Sander
>>>>
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