Maximum .pst - Outlook 2003 - Exchange 2003

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hello,

I would like to know how many .pst can be mounted in a outlook profile ?
Does a great number of .pst could slow down some services used by outlook .
Thanks
 
Hi popinss,
I would like to know how many .pst can be mounted in a outlook profile ?
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Our experiences: 128 PST files can be managed with Outlook, independent how
many profiles you use.
 
Thanks for your response but I'd like to know if Microsoft recommands a
limitation for the personal folders mapped (for a standard PC ex. Pentium4
with 512mb ram)
 
Hi popinss,
but I'd like to know if Microsoft recommands a
limitation for the personal folders mapped
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What do you want to do?

There is no "recommandation" of Microsoft for the numbers of PST file you
use. They only have a maximun numbers of PST files and the size of the PST
files for Outlook 97-2002 is limited to 2 GB.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pst

There is also a limitation of the numbers of folders in PST files:
http://www.cof.orst.edu/net/software/outlook/install/pst.php

[...]
Excerpt from Microsoft regarding .pst files: PST files are limited to items
of 16,384 in a table. This means PST files can accept 16,384 folders of up
to 16,384 items in a folder. The maximum size a PST can be is 2 gigabytes
(GB) total file size.
[...]

The size of the PST files for Outlook 2003-2007 is limited to 3,9 TB.

We used 15 shared PST files (Outlook 2002) with arround 18 GB space on a
Pentium II with 512 MB without any problems.
 
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