how can a 256meg pipe be bad? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Seielstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 07:47 Subject: RE: Sync Folders - Small Bandwith
> Technically, I guess they use more, but I'm not 100% sure. Keep in mind that > PST's store mail in 2 formats (so 1 message stored twice), but I think that > conversion is done on the client side. > > I have a number of users using Outlook in offline mode on the wrong end of a > 256MB pipe that gets shared with lots of other traffic. Outlook, especially > the newer versions, are fairly stingy with network traffic. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis Inc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Neil Doody [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:34 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Sync Folders - Small Bandwith > > > > > > Recent conversations have caused me to re-think the entire > > Exchange strategy that is in place here. The biggest bulk of > > that strategy includes Backups. The new idea is to go with > > Item Retention, this highlights the issue that most of the > > people round here have Personal Folders containing there > > email, which in turn means that there is no way they are > > getting backed up. > > > > The problem im faced with is that a lot of our sites have > > only a 64k ISDN link which may be linking 10 people or more! > > Okay you can scrutinise me for having such a small link for > > such an amount of users, but hey im not going to pay out of > > my wages for a larger link ;p > > > > Anyway, this problem means that working directly from the > > Mail Box is out of the question, the next best thing I guess > > is Offline-Folders. Offline-Folders appear to be the perfect > > the solution, running a small test over a dial up connection > > you would think they were the ideal candidate for this > > situation. However, a colleague informs me that it > > completely kills the network when you have a few people > > synchronising folders over an 64k link. > > > > Do synchronise folders use more bandwidth than your average > > Personal Folder? Are there any other issues to consider when > > using offline folders as apposed to personal folders? Im > > also informed that when you make a new folder in your mail > > box it is not automatically synchronised with the server? > > > > > > > > Please can you give me all your experience and all your info > > on working with synchronise folders within a working > > enterprise. No matter how irrelevant you think it may seem, > > I would like to know exactly what im in for if I move to this > > solution. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
