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the pros and cons of personal folder vs. information store
i am running out of space on my exchange server and was thinking to switch my users to PST files
what is the pros and cons of using PST vs. the exchange information store
what is the pros and cons of using PST vs. the exchange information store
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the srver is 3yrs old, i have less then 1GB left on the exchange partition i did offline defrag with eseutil and freed only 400mb to get to the point of 1GB, i tried to get a budget for a new server but no luck for the next 6 months.
can you not just add some new disks for now and move the store to that cheaper then a new server
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using raid 5 with all the slots on my server are taken
well its looking like you havent much choice other then archiving
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i have checked the backup issue with microsoft knowladge base and found a program by microsoft to back pst files
thanks for the input
thanks for the input
Yes, I know the software, but I do not recommend it. It really doesn't meet the issues I've already mentioned.
A company I joined two years ago was using that system, but through discussion and use it was clear that it was not a good solution. If you want to use it, then of course you can, but it provides you with no guarantees of the success of the backup, and it relies on the users specifically choosing to backup. Also, not all PSTs are automatically backed up.
A company I joined two years ago was using that system, but through discussion and use it was clear that it was not a good solution. If you want to use it, then of course you can, but it provides you with no guarantees of the success of the backup, and it relies on the users specifically choosing to backup. Also, not all PSTs are automatically backed up.
can you not upgrade the server?
i dont like PST either in my experiance its a mission to educate the end use to archive also