size limit for PST files?

Note: You can set the UNICODE limits beyond the values that are listed in
the table. However, we (Microsoft) do not recommend doing this because
performance can decrease.

Question: Roughly every 9 months I will exceed the default 20GB limit for
Outlook 2003 .pst files. If I archive my .pst file, will I get a fresh 20GB
file? If not, what should I do?
--
Mike gtz

Archive files are only a pst with another name, they therefore have the std.
pst size limitations.
Likely you would have to alter your archive settings on a regular basis to
point to a new archive pst

After archiving you might want to compact your pst

"Mikegtz1" wrote in message
...
Note: You can set the UNICODE limits beyond the values that are listed in
the table. However, we (Microsoft) do not recommend doing this because
performance can decrease.

Question: Roughly every 9 months I will exceed the default 20GB limit for
Outlook 2003 .pst files. If I archive my .pst file, will I get a fresh
20GB
file? If not, what should I do?
--
Mike gtz

If I changed the default setting from 20 to maybe 60GB, and all other things
like memory, CPU, remained the same, roughly how much of a performance hit
might I expect. Brian Tillman, in responding to a question about size
limits, indicated that Outlook 2003 pst files could be as large as 33TB! Am
I correct in thinking that a 40GB increase is no big deal?
--
Mike gtz


"DL" wrote:

Archive files are only a pst with another name, they therefore have the std.
pst size limitations.
Likely you would have to alter your archive settings on a regular basis to
point to a new archive pst

After archiving you might want to compact your pst

"Mikegtz1" wrote in message
...
Note: You can set the UNICODE limits beyond the values that are listed in
the table. However, we (Microsoft) do not recommend doing this because
performance can decrease.

Question: Roughly every 9 months I will exceed the default 20GB limit for
Outlook 2003 .pst files. If I archive my .pst file, will I get a fresh
20GB
file? If not, what should I do?
--
Mike gtz

Any increase in the size of the .pst file will cause a performance hit,
depending on your machine's configuration. It takes a lot longer to open
and/or search through a 40 gig file than a 2 gig file.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Mikegtz1 asked:

| If I changed the default setting from 20 to maybe 60GB, and all other
| things like memory, CPU, remained the same, roughly how much of a
| performance hit might I expect. Brian Tillman, in responding to a
| question about size limits, indicated that Outlook 2003 pst files
| could be as large as 33TB! Am I correct in thinking that a 40GB
| increase is no big deal?
|
|| Archive files are only a pst with another name, they therefore have
|| the std. pst size limitations.
|| Likely you would have to alter your archive settings on a regular
|| basis to point to a new archive pst
||
|| After archiving you might want to compact your pst
||
|| "Mikegtz1" wrote in message
|| ...
||| Note: You can set the UNICODE limits beyond the values that are
||| listed in the table. However, we (Microsoft) do not recommend doing
||| this because performance can decrease.
|||
||| Question: Roughly every 9 months I will exceed the default 20GB
||| limit for Outlook 2003 .pst files. If I archive my .pst file, will
||| I get a fresh 20GB file? If not, what should I do?
||| --
||| Mike gtz