In the FAQ under PST=BAD reason 7 is "Messages take up more space in a PST than in an Exchange store." I seem to be finding that that is true but I am finding some of them taking up something like 4 times as much space which seems overboard to me. Others only seem to be increasing by about 30% not 300% so I'm thinking there must be something odd going on. Does anyone know what the range of "more space" is? Or why some folders would be that much worse than others? Or do I have screwed up folders in some fashion? Searching the FAQ didn't find anything specific enough and searching Technet I didn't find anything that gave me any quantitative information. Even the qualitative information was not as helpful as it seems it could have been. Which is to say I couldn't find any indication of what the causes might be so that I could see if they applied more in one case than another. If any one knows one way or another if a 4x factor is not atypical I would appreciate the tip. Ditto any tips on the range of "more space". Or any suggestions at all really.
Thanks all, Ronni P.S. To save time let me make clear that I am aware that "disk space costs are the same". Actually they are not, in that CDs per MB are still cheaper than SCSI disk per MB even with a 4x size factor on the pst file. And I know pst=bad for many reasons not just number 7, but we are only using them for archival (FAQ: PST=Good#2) purposes (many messages with deliverable documents or what-have-you creates a large mailbox fairly easily) so the users have what they sent clients and also what the clients sent us for when questions come up again. As they often do. And this is way cheaper for us than upgrading to the Enterprise version of Exchange 2000 would be in order to get an unlimited store even if disk space weren't an issue. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
