Do you a) backup their PCs or b) already have quotas? --- Randy Hensel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 509.525.0101 Ext. 594 > 509.525.4793 (Fax) > <http://www.coffeycomm.com/> > 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] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 509.525.0101 Ext. 594 > 509.525.4793 (Fax) > <http://www.coffeycomm.com/> > 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] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 509.525.0101 Ext. 594 > 509.525.4793 (Fax) > <http://www.coffeycomm.com/> > 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 > >
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