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Archive Sizing beyond 16GB

jtoscano
Level 2

I have several user archives that have grown larger than 16GB. What are the dangers to large archive sizes like this, if any.

My company is currently in Litigation hold so a no delete policy is currently set on the EV Vault store.

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Liam_Finn1
Level 6
Employee Accredited Certified
16GB is not an issue but you should set your vaults to roll over to keep them at a manageable size

When you hit vaults of 150GB then they can become troublesome for backups and when you need to move the location of a vault to balance the space being used larger vaults do make it more difficult to complete

JesusWept3
Level 6
Partner Accredited Certified
none really, just make sure you have good backups of their indexes cos rebuilding will take longer than the normal indexes
plus the indexes for them are going to roll over sooner or later (if it hasnt already) then they will see a bit different results to people in their Search browser than other people see

but really theres nothing wrong with an archive that large
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-allen-turl-07370146

JesusWept3
Level 6
Partner Accredited Certified
User Archives won't roll over
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-allen-turl-07370146

Liam_Finn1
Level 6
Employee Accredited Certified
Correct.. my brain is not firing on all cylinders today. Not that it has ever fired on all cylinders ;)

jtoscano
Level 2
explain rollover please.

Liam_Finn1
Level 6
Employee Accredited Certified
Forget the rollover part my brain is not firing correctly today. Don't worry about the size of your vaults they are good and until they get really big you need not worry about them. The larger they get the harder it is for you to move them if you ever need to in the future to larger storage but for now you are OK

AndrewB
Moderator
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jtoscano - i actually just posed the same question yesterday and was informed that there is no technical limitation to the size of an individual archive.
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/individual-archive-technical-limits

Liam_Finn1
Level 6
Employee Accredited Certified
This is true. It comes down to manageability of the size of data stored in the vault, it is not a technical limitation of EV