Summary


Each Exchange server can have from one to four storage groups. Each of those storage groups contains from one to five stores and a set of transaction logs associated with those stores. Transaction logs are used as the intermediary storage area for transactions that are committed to the actual Exchange databases later. A store is a logical database represented by two files, a rich-text file and a streaming media file. There are two types of stores found on an Exchange server: Public stores hold public folders meant for multiple users, and mailbox stores hold the mailboxes that store messages for individual users.

This assembly of databases, stores, and storage groups provides a great deal of scalability to Exchange Server 2003 and flexibility in the way that you configure storage in your organization.

The default storage group created when you first install Exchange Server 2003 is named First Storage Group . It contains one public store and one private store when created, though if you wish, you can delete these and/or create more stores. You can also create more storage groups on the server. Once created, stores and storage groups are configured just like any other object in the Exchange System Manager ‚ using a series of property pages. The store objects also contain subcontainers, such as the Logons and Mailboxes containers, that let you monitor the status of the store. You can also mount, dismount, and delete individual stores using the object ‚ s context menu.

Full-text indexing is a form of content indexing available to all stores on an Exchange server. As an administrator, you can enable or disable full-text indexing on a store-by-store basis. Once a store is indexed, a client can search for items in the store much faster and more accurately than without indexing. Every word of every item in the store, including attachments, is made part of the index. Updating indexes happens automatically, and you can configure the scheduling of this using the Full-Text Indexing property page of the store object. You can also use the context menu for a store to manually control indexing at any time. Two tools are used in troubleshooting problems with full-text indexing. Gather files are created whenever a full-text index is built and contain a record of errors encountered during indexing. The Windows Application Log records any errors logged by the Microsoft Search Service.




MCSA[s]MCSE
MCSA[s]MCSE
ISBN: 735621527
EAN: N/A
Year: 2004
Pages: 160

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