Microsoft KB Archive/143384

= XCLN: PST Compaction Settings in the MSPST.INI =

Article ID: 143384

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Client 5.5
 * Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0
 * Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0
 * Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q143384



SUMMARY
This article lists and explains the entries for the [NDB] section of the Microsoft Exchange Windows client initialization file, MSPST.INI.

NOTE: The MSPST.INI file must be in the root of the Microsoft Windows installation, by default C:\WINDOWS.



MORE INFORMATION
[NDB]

CompactDelay=
This sets the minimum amount of delay in seconds before it starts compaction.

The default is value 300 seconds, which equals 5 minutes.

CompactDisable=<0/1>
Set this value to 1 to disable idle time compaction.

The default value is 0 (idle time compaction enabled).

CompactInterval=
Sets the number of seconds of system inactivity before compaction is started.

The default is 100 centiseconds, which equals 1 second.

CompactQuantum=
Sets the idle time for Quantum compaction.

The default is 20 centiseconds, which equals .2 seconds.

CompactStopPct=
The background compaction will stop when the amount of recoverable space falls below this percentage of the total PST.

The default is 4%.

CompactStopFree=
The background compaction will stop when there is less than this much recoverable space in your PST.

The default is 16.

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