RE: Information Store Limit

[Martin Blackstone]

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Agreed. While PST does = BAD, there can be a time and place. This sounds like it. I would also let them know they are keeping it on the local machine. If they want to abuse resources, let them abuse their own. -----Original Message----- From: Randy Hensel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 7:35 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store Limit I will have to go with William on this one.  I have 147 users the top 10 offenders account for more that 9GB of data.  As I see it I have 2 options, Spend $3300 on an Enterprise upgrade, or set storage quotas and encourage the use of PST files.  Seems like a no brainer to me, I have 5 users with more than 1GB each.  I don't mind users saving every little email but it seems logical that they should find somewhere else to put them.   Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator Coffey Communications, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 509.525.0101 Ext. 594 509.525.4793 (Fax) http://www.coffeycomm.com -----Original Message----- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store Limit   What else you got? ;o)   Not for primary email storage.  Only for archiving.   -----Original Message----- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:23 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store Limit but stable ? -----Original Message----- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 19:46 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store Limit It is a viable form of email archiving.   William   -----Original Message----- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:34 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store Limit as in don't use them -----Original Message----- From: Randy Hensel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 19:07 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store Limit 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. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 509.525.0101 Ext. 594 509.525.4793 (Fax) http://www.coffeycomm.com -----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   Randy Hensel, MCP, Network Systems Administrator Coffey Communications, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 509.525.0101 Ext. 594 509.525.4793 (Fax) http://www.coffeycomm.com   List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm