[Samba] Outlook .pst on a samba share; do or don't?

Brandon Mercer b.mercer at trustetc.com
Wed Jun 11 12:49:22 GMT 2003


> It's OK to put the .pst files in a user share, just remember that
> performance across the network is slower than to local hard disk.

Are you serious?  Hard disks are the slowest operating part of any
computer.  Unless your workstations have the Ultra320 Raid setups that
your servers do I find that the performance is better when using the
samba share.  Just my experience.  

> If you leave the .pst file in the desktop profile then the whole profile
> has to be copied across the network into a local profile cache, that can
> be VERY slow also. Here the greater slowdown is the time taken to log onto
> and off the network.

Brandon Mercer





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