RE: Mailbox Sizes
- From: Rick Boza <rickb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Exchange List <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:23:02 -0500
OK, talking to myself here:
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;170280 the
only limitation is if Exchange Standard was originally installed from a
BackOffice installation CD.
Doesn¹t state that E2K3 upgrades are supported, but boy it would be
surprising if this has changed.
On 11/29/04 12:15 PM, "Rick Boza" <rickb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> Um, did that change in E2K3? In E2K you could do a straight upgrade from
> standard to enterprise versions of Exchange just by running the install.
>
> I¹d check back on that, I am pretty sure you can still upgrade from standard
> to enterprise with no pain to speak of other than your budget.
>
>
> On 11/29/04 12:08 PM, "Periyasamy, Raj" <Raj.Periyasamy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> http://www.MSExchange.org/
>> Hi Lloyd,
>> The best practice always is to keep the server mailbox size to a manageable
>> size, around 100MB to 200MB, and educate the users to start using PST file to
>> archive emails for future reference. We have had experiences when you
>> increase the mailbox sizes for users, they will always come back for more
>> after few months. So, housekeeping is the most important lesson for the end
>> users. Ideally, you have to multiply the number of mailboxes by the maximum
>> mailbox size allowed. This number should not exceed more than 75 - 80% of
>> your total drive size where the Information store is located. If your
>> Information store is larger than 16GB, you need to upgrade to Enterprise
>> Edition. However, there is no straight upgrade from Standard to Enterprise.
>> You have to start from scratch. Preferably by using swing upgrade server.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Raj
>>
>>
>> From: Lloyd Williams [mailto:Williams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:29 AM
>> To: [ExchangeList]
>> Subject: [exchangelist] Mailbox Sizes
>>
>> http://www.MSExchange.org/
>> Are there any accepted best practices out there for the limits of Mailboxes
>> sizes.
>> Most of our users have 100-200 MB mailboxes. I have a couple of users who
>> claim to need 1-2 GB mailboxes. Is there any technological down side to
>> allowing this size mail box. In addition it would seem that we will need to
>> upgrade to the enterprise version of exchange 2003 to accommodate this (our
>> total mail store size would be too close to 16GB for comfort). Are there any
>> issues associated with the switch to enterprise 2003
>> Thanks
>> Lloyd
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