.pst too large can it effect server problems

[Nisha]

As per my external IT Company, because my .pst file is 4gigs, it effects my
server workability, i mean lately three days in a row our emails in the
morning appear offline, when i check the server it says the hosting account
is disabled (WAN miniport pptp). So i spoke with my external IT, he is
blaming it on my .pst being large, i just do not understand how is it
possible for .pst with 4gigs to create such a problem? Is it possible?

Thanks

 

[DL]

If you are saying the pst is hosted on the server, and being accessed by a
workstation, that type of installation is not supported by MS as it can lead
to corruption.
The pst should be hosted on the same PC as outlook
If you use exchange it should be an ost file

 

[Nisha]

Hello "DL"- i believe it is ost file(exchange) because its on the server.
Before our emails were hosted from outsource party, and we used to have .pst
(pop -email), but now its hosted as an exchange from our inhouse server. I am
just so lost in this process, i cant think straight

 

[K. Orland]

If you're using an Exchange server, what impacts the server is the size of
your Exchange mailbox (the mail that is stored on the server). Exchange 2003
for example has a Store limit of 63 GB for example, if everyone's mailbox on
Exchange is as large as yours this can cause an issue if there's enough
users.

Is that what they're talking about? Do you need to decrease the size of your
mailbox that is held on the server?

If that's not the issue and they are talking about your PST, where is your
PST located? I don't believe it would be kept on the Exchange mail server. If
they're talking about your .OST file, that should be located on your
PC/laptop. You should clarify with them exactly what they are saying is too
large.

 

[Brian Tillman]

As per my external IT Company, because my .pst file is 4gigs, it
effects my server workability, i mean lately three days in a row our
emails in the morning appear offline, when i check the server it says
the hosting account is disabled (WAN miniport pptp). So i spoke with
my external IT, he is blaming it on my .pst being large, i just do
not understand how is it possible for .pst with 4gigs to create such
a problem? Is it possible?

Are you using a FAT32 file system or an NTFS file system. The former has a
4 GB file limit. If so, convert it to an NTFS file system, which can be
done with the disk management console, I think.

 

[John]

If you're using an Exchange server, what impacts the server is the size of
your Exchange mailbox (the mail that is stored on the server). Exchange
2003
for example has a Store limit of 63 GB for example,

<correction>
Exchange 2003 SP2 database max limit is 75GB

 

[Hugh Jeego]

To be honest, it just sounds like an excuse to me. If you are having your
exchange externally hosted, if all is OK you should be able to connect to it
straight away. If your hosted email is listed offline then there is
something wrong with your connection to the net in some way. Either your own
connection is slow to come up - so is that your modem or your ISP? - or the
connection from you through your ISP to the hosting site is slow which is
the one I would bet on. So where is it hosted? When dial up was the normal
way of connecting to internet, in order to get Mcafee installed via online
installation, it was important to keep a constant tracert running or in the
end it would time out and you would have to start from scratch again. My bet
is that either your own pipe through your ISP is too small for your needs or
the more likely reason this is happening is that your hosted Exchange has
only a small pipe. Seen that one many times.