Hey, not sure if best to put here or in mail section... covers both.
My boss has an insistence that pretty much all e-mails are kept, and expects me to be able to access e-mails from 2009 from a number of accounts. This is obviously hard work for Outlook, dealing with multiple OST files of many GB each.
So, I'm wondering if it might be wise to knock up a little computer to sit in the corner doing naught but hold mail? Load it up with all the archive and existing working OST's, then leave it running and downloading mail from all the accounts (about 5 or 6 accounts).
What kind of spec do you think would be suitable for this, and if the machine was to be 24/7 should I consider any 'specialist' parts, like HDD and PSU? Is there a better way to absorb and store all this mail, and still have it accessible?
Many thanks,
Ed
My boss has an insistence that pretty much all e-mails are kept, and expects me to be able to access e-mails from 2009 from a number of accounts. This is obviously hard work for Outlook, dealing with multiple OST files of many GB each.
So, I'm wondering if it might be wise to knock up a little computer to sit in the corner doing naught but hold mail? Load it up with all the archive and existing working OST's, then leave it running and downloading mail from all the accounts (about 5 or 6 accounts).
What kind of spec do you think would be suitable for this, and if the machine was to be 24/7 should I consider any 'specialist' parts, like HDD and PSU? Is there a better way to absorb and store all this mail, and still have it accessible?
Many thanks,
Ed