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E-mail is taking up a lot of your server space these days, isn't it? This featured topic offers tips and advice to help you deal with this common and growing data storage issue.
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Best practices for managing messaging data

(05 Feb 2004)

Looking for the best way to manage your burgeoning Exchange databases and files, troubleshoot your temperamental information store or deal with a ballooning priv.edb? Scott Schnoll answers members toughest Exchange data storage questions in this SearchWin2000.com Ask-the-Expert Q&A.

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NEWS:
>> E-mail archiving market to burst open as vendors pile on (SearchStorage.com) 14 May 2003
>> Tool simplifies management of Exchange data (SearchStorage.com) 11 Oct 2002
>> E-gads! Glut of e-mail could mean storage space race (SearchWinIT.com) 12 Feb 2003
ADVICE:
>> Maintenance key to efficient e-mail systems
TIP :There's a lot to manage with your e-mail. But two things are most critical: storage and retrieval.
>> Tame the information store
TIP :Strategies for keeping your Exchange server's information store as mean and lean as possible.
>> Administering mailbox storage limits
TIP :How to set a user's personal information store storage limit so that it issues a warning when the mailbox size goes beyond a ...
>> Legal rules of e-mail storage
TIP :What's a harried Exchange administrator to do about the legal issues surrounding e-mail and electronic data retention?
>> What's with mushrooming mailboxes?
TIP :How to figure out what's going on if you suddenly notice your Exchange 5.5 server's information store database size increase ...
>> Checking the Information Store
TIP :How to defragment the information store to free up disk space.
>> When to run Exchange 5.5 Performance Optimizer
TIP :Keep your Exchange database clean by running Performance Optimizer after every new install/upgrade, after adding components, ...
>> Maximum mailbox sizes in Exchange
TIP :Setting a cap on mailbox size is always a wise idea. Here's how to do it on Exchange 5.5 or 2000.
>> Manage mailbox storage limit notice
TIP :Customize how often users receive 'nearing storage limit' warnings.
>> Moving Exchange 2000 logs and databases
TIP :Sometimes storage limitations or better mailstore manageability means moving your Exchange logs or databases. Here's how.
>> Exchange transaction logs
TIP :When storing transaction logs, it is best to have separate mirrored disks that are dedicated to their storage.
WHITE PAPERS:
>> Storage solutions for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
>> Protecting and Managing the Growth of Microsoft Exchange Server Data

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