File Size

[Jaime Anazco]

Does anyone know the limit size of .ost and .pst files in
Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2003 ?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Practical and default for now = 20 gigs. Theoretical (depends on your hard
drive) 32 TB.

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the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Jaime Anazco asked:

| Does anyone know the limit size of .ost and .pst files in
| Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2003 ?

 

[Jaime Anazco]

Another Exchange Admin told me that the file size remains
at 2 Gigs.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Actually it is 4096TB minus 1MB but who's counting? :-D

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[Roady [MVP]]

I would say the same to my users :-D
Files with these sizes aren't fun to fix.

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[Brian Tillman]

Another Exchange Admin told me that the file size remains
at 2 Gigs.

They lied to you. Here's an excerpt from "Enabling a Superior Client
Experience with Microsoft Office Outlook 2003", found at <
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...da-4fb4-b142-f79e75e26617/enablingoutlook.doc

:

"PST and OST Enhancements. Outlook 2003 provides support for Unicode
PSTs and OSTs. Also, the size limitation of a Unicode PST or Unicode OST
file has been increased to 20 GB."

This same document does say this, however:

"One factor that can contribute to reduced performance is a large OST
file. If an OST file grows too large (for example, larger than 1 GB), or if
an individual folder grows large (for example, greater than 5,000 items)
Outlook 2003 with Cached Exchange Mode performance degrades by becoming more
sluggish. To improve response time in Outlook 2003, information workers
should either reduce the size of their mailbox (by archiving older files,
for example) or turn off Cached Exchange Mode. To help prevent the problem
of overly large OST files, a limit can be set on the mailbox size in
Exchange Server."

So, perhaps it's best if you treat Exchange mailboxes that are syncronized
as though they are old-style PSTs.

 

[Daliah]

What can I do to recover a file that just hit 2GB? inbox
repair tool did not work.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Use the following tool;
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=B33B1DFF-6F50-411D-BBDF-82019DDA602E

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Navigation Pane Tips & Tricks
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

..PST and .OST files created by earlier versions of Outlook will still have
the 2GB limit, even when used in Outlook 2003. You can also create a .PST
or (I think) an .OST in the old format in Outlook 2003, in case you need to
use the file with an older version.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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Another Exchange Admin told me that the file size remains
at 2 Gigs.

-----Original Message-----
Practical and default for now = 20 gigs. Theoretical (depends on
your hard drive) 32 TB.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
personal account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Jaime
Anazco asked:

Does anyone know the limit size of .ost and .pst files in
Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2003 ?

.