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In ConsoleOne or Nwadmin determine the path to your postoffices. Then in explorer you can determine the size on disk of all files.<br />
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Beware however that Groupwise uses several techniques to reduce database size: If mail is sent between users in the same postoffice it is only stored once, with pointers to it in one users's sent mail, and another user's inbox. Especially when you are migrating to a different email solution you have to take that into account.<br />
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You can also use GWCheck to determine the size of the individual mailboxes:<br />
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As stated above, the total of all individual mailboxes will be bigger than the total PO size. The difference will at least be a factor 2, but can be as high as 10 times bigger. (e.g. lots of mails with big attachments sent to Everyone)
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I am running groupwise 6.5 on a novell 6.5 server. How do I determine the size of my entire email database?
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I am running groupwise 6.5 on a novell 6.5 server. How do I determine the size of my entire email database?

In ConsoleOne or Nwadmin determine the path to your postoffices. Then in explorer you can determine the size on disk of all files.

Beware however that Groupwise uses several techniques to reduce database size: If mail is sent between users in the same postoffice it is only stored once, with pointers to it in one users&#39;s sent mail, and another user&#39;s inbox. Especially when you are migrating to a different email solution you have to take that into account.

You can also use GWCheck to determine the size of the individual mailboxes:

http://forums.novell.com/novell-product-support-forums/groupwise/groupwise-6x/gw6-install-setup/278077-groupwise-6-5-database-size.html

As stated above, the total of all individual mailboxes will be bigger than the total PO size. The difference will at least be a factor 2, but can be as high as 10 times bigger. (e.g. lots of mails with big attachments sent to Everyone)

Groupwise 6.5

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Groupware

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