PST file on flash memory?

[Gordon]

Are there any known pitfalls in having my pst file on a USB memory stick?

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

USB memory sticks have a finite lifespan (measured in reads & writes).
With a modern stick, you are probably not going to hit it for a long
time. I would however suggest that you have some backup scheme to back
the file up to a hard drive regularly, and with increasing frequency the
older the stick becomes.
I don't know of anyone actually having tried this, so you are in
uncharted territory.
Do you want to do this so that you are able to transport the PST or in
an attempt to increase performance?

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[Gordon]

USB memory sticks have a finite lifespan (measured in reads & writes).
With a modern stick, you are probably not going to hit it for a long time.
I would however suggest that you have some backup scheme to back the file
up to a hard drive regularly, and with increasing frequency the older the
stick becomes.
I don't know of anyone actually having tried this, so you are in uncharted
territory.
Do you want to do this so that you are able to transport the PST or in an
attempt to increase performance?

Transportting pst file + documents.....

 

[Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}]

90% chance you'll leave it somewhere sometime...
How sensitive/valuable is the Data ?

 

[Gordon]

90% chance you'll leave it somewhere sometime...
How sensitive/valuable is the Data ?

ROTFL! Actually I'm just thinking of using it betewwn my desktop and laptop,
which hardly ever leaves the house, and then not for email.

 

[Oliver Vukovics]

Ho Gordon,

you could use in addition a synchronization program that synchronize the PST
file on the PC with the PST file on the "flash memory". With a
synchronization you have 2 times the same PST file instead of the risk of
only 1 PST file.

Outlook synchronisation solutions:
http://www.publicshareware.com/outlook-synchronisation-description.php
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm

Office Marketplace Outlook messaging tools:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/CE010719621033.aspx

Maybe it helps.

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Share your Outlook PST files without Exchange: Public ShareFolder
Synchronisation for Outlook and Exchange: Public SyncTool
http://www.publicshareware.com

 

[Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}]

A crossover cable has no residual memory.....