How to config for exchange & local files

[Don]

You forgot to mention that Exchange servers have a 16gig limit per
Exchange server for the maximum size for all mailboxes stored on them.
What this means in today's terms if you manage thousands of users and
they are keep there mail stored on the Exchange server then you could
only have about a couple hundred users mailboxes stored on each mail
server. Do you know what this means if you have thousands of users?
MORE SERVERS... lots of servers. If your trying to keep down the
overhead cost of maintaining your mail servers then storing the mail
on the server is a bad idea. If everyone implemented there email
servers like you recommend and they manage thousands of users then
they are going to have dozens of email servers for only a few thousand
users. We manage thousands of users here and manage with only TWO
Exchange servers, you know why? Because everyone stores there email in
a pst file on there machine. They log into outlook and it downloads
the new mail to there pst file. If you dont believe me on the 16 gig
limit look into it. When an Exchange server reachs this limit do you
know what it does? IT CRASHES... Even with us having users use pst
files there are a few that keep the mail on the server and these
people can store up to 500mb to a 1gig a piece. Can you say CRASH
AGAIN. Using PST's is not bad its good and until MS can up this 16gig
limit people should still use pst's. So you either do it your way and
have dozens of Exchange servers where your having to limit their email
box size, and having to hire more people to admin them, or you can use
pst's and have very few Exchange servers and less problems. And before
you throw out the fact that pst's can only store 2gigs of email, this
have been upgraded to 16gigs in Outlook2003.

 

[Jason]

Do you know what this means if you have thousands of users?
MORE SERVERS... lots of servers.

Kind of upsetting is it not?

 

[Don]

The 16gig limit is for Exchange Server 5.5, 2000 . Exchange Server
2003 has larger limits. People who say pst's are bad should note what
version of Exchange Server your using cause it DOES matter. Apparently
using pst's are better in older versions of Exchange Server (5.5,
2000) but in 2003 MS has apparently fixed the limit sizes so storing
all your mail on the server wont as likely CRASH your server. Everyone
here that has upgraded to Exchange Server 2003 raise your hands? Thats
what I thought not many of you...

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

The 16gig limit is for Exchange Server 5.5, 2000 . Exchange Server
2003 has larger limits.

No -People who say pst's are bad should note what

version of Exchange Server your using

Version meaning, not is it 5x, 2000, 2003, but is it Standard or Enterprise?
Only Enterprise has no 16GB limit in any version of Exchange.

cause it DOES matter. Apparently
using pst's are better in older versions of Exchange Server (5.5,
2000) but in 2003 MS has apparently fixed the limit sizes so storing
all your mail on the server wont as likely CRASH your server.

No. But if you need to maintain, administer, and control the data, PST files
are not the answer.