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My .EDB file grows when I search.

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When doing a WebDAV or any other search, you will likely see the .EDB file expands.

When performing a search against a mailbox using WebDAV or any other API, you may see the .EDB file grow in size.  Don't panic, this is normal.  When a search is performed, Exchange will put the results into a search folder.  When the same query is re-issued, the results can be reused.  Also, some properties may get promoted from the .stm to the .edb when requested in a search.
 

    Exchange Storage Architecture
    https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124808.aspx

    Private Information Store log files grow when a user performs a search in OWA
    https://support.microsoft.com/kb/811650/en-us

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  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    There is no support for accessing unmounted EDB files.  There are no Microsoft APIs for doing this.  There are third party APIs on the web.  The format for these files is not really documented and thus is not something you should depend-upon.

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    March 12, 2009
    Ist there a way to disable this creation of "search folders"? (in Exchange 2003 or 2007) We are doing very large searches frequently and our edb-file grew from a few hundred mb to over 60gb in a few weeks... Thanks in advance... Joerg

  • Anonymous
    March 13, 2009
    Search folder are needed by Exchange for performance.  As far as I know there is no way to disable the creation of serach folders in Exchange. Without serach folders, the experience of Exchange and in some cases Outlook using Exchange would be very dismal - ie things involving data retrieval would be much slower.