Is there a Main Identity Size Database Threshold?

Hi,

Is there a threshold size for the main identity database that should be
cause for corruption worries? My current size is about 1.1 GB.

Thanks.

Barry
Fri Jul 18 13:53:50 CDT 2008

In article <667CF7DD-DCA9-4DCA-A8D6-D81C2C7748EE@microsoft.com>,
Refresher <Refresher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there a threshold size for the main identity database that should be
> cause for corruption worries? My current size is about 1.1 GB.
>
> Thanks.

you don't say what version you are using, but an un-ptched original
Office vX database could be up to 2GB in size. An up to date office 2004
or 2008 database has no size limitation, but has a limit to the number
of entries it can contain (something like a million records, if I
remember correctly.

--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP

Refresher
Fri Jul 18 15:20:00 CDT 2008

Sorry. I have Office 2008, 12.1.1.

Thanks.

Is there a way to know how many records I have?

"Barry Wainwright" wrote:

> In article <667CF7DD-DCA9-4DCA-A8D6-D81C2C7748EE@microsoft.com>,
> Refresher <Refresher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a threshold size for the main identity database that should be
> > cause for corruption worries? My current size is about 1.1 GB.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> you don't say what version you are using, but an un-ptched original
> Office vX database could be up to 2GB in size. An up to date office 2004
> or 2008 database has no size limitation, but has a limit to the number
> of entries it can contain (something like a million records, if I
> remember correctly.
>
> --
> Barry Wainwright
> Microsoft MVP
>

William
Fri Jul 18 22:47:40 CDT 2008

Refresher wrote:

> Is there a way to know how many records I have?

Not that I've heard. But consider this:

If you send/receive 500 messages per day everyday and *never* delete
them then you wouldn't hit the 1,000,000 mark for about 5-1/2 years. ;-)

Hope this helps!

--

bill

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Barry
Sat Jul 19 01:53:38 CDT 2008

In article <144459BF-AF5B-45B1-880E-71BF23154E78@microsoft.com>,
Refresher <Refresher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Sorry. I have Office 2008, 12.1.1.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Is there a way to know how many records I have?
>

it's (very roughly) double the number of emails.

you can count the emails using a script like "Count the Mail" which you
can find on my scripts page:
<http://www.barryw,net/scripts>

--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP