All,
Each day, roughly 99% of the changed data on my Windows file and print
servers is attributable to .pst files. For my Wan clients I have implemented
Adaptive subfile differencing but still running marathon backups of some
these clients.
So given that pst files dramatically impact WAN (and to some degree LAN)
backups, how can I address this?
*       Don't backup .pst? (Most likely not an option)
*       Force .pst archive rules
*       reduce frequency of .pst updates  (e.g., limit to 1/week; wishful
thinking would be this would occur on Fri so that large backups would occur
on weekend)
*       reduce size of .pst by creating new pst files every "so often"
*       Storing .pst files centrally rather than locally.
*       Other - thoughts, anyone?

 I am looking to for suggestions on how to cope with this ever growing
menace.




Bruce E. Lowrie
Sr. Systems Analyst
Information Technology Services
Storage, Output, Legacy
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