RE: Information Store Limit

Randy Hensel Thu, 13 Dec 2001 16:04:52 -0800

I'm not sure I can recover that much space, I am planning an upgrade to 2000. I don't have a quota in place it looks like I will need to implement that as well as plan some formal training on the use of pst files.

Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator

Coffey Communications, Inc.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:59 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Information Store Limit

If you recover enough space within the database (perhaps 6GB+), an offline defrag would not be a bad idea.

Otherwise, yor plan is certainly sound. Do you have a formal mailbox quota policy in place?

William

-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Hensel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:57 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Information Store Limit

I am running Windows NT 4.0 SP 6a and Exchange 5.5 SP 4 (not Enterprise) I have run up against the 16GB information store limit. I have managed to the IS started again and would like to take steps to reduce the IS size. My plan is to:

1. Move data to PST files

2. delete unused mailboxes

3. reduce deleted item retention

Is this a good plan? Should I also do an off line defrag? Any thing else?

Thanks