What is streaming file for? 2

[TinRam]

Hello...

I am a little confused about what the streaming file does in Exchange 2000.

I am used to Exchange 5.5 having the edb files for databases and logs. Now I have logs, an ebd file and an stm file that is about the size of the ebd file.

What is this stm file for? Or rather, what is the streaming database used for?

Thanks for the info

 

[brontosaurus]

streaming database houses message bodies (not headers) from the internet until conversion to MAPI is required by the client. once conversion is needed, the message body is moved to the .edb file. so for exchange 2K, both of these files make up the "mailbox store".

 

[MarkSe]

Basically the STM is used to store content in its native format (this improves performance as content conversion is not taking place). By native content I mean everything that is non-MAPI will reside here unless it it promoted.. by a user opening and sending the message via a MAPI client.

Mark