Yeah, I understand. SBS is limited that way. I would leave defragging as a periodic manual thing, and shut down the services first.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Richard Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 9:07 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Defrag Okay, thanks. By default, the Dell SBS installations have everything on one volume. I'm moving the databases to a second volume, but that's typically the same volume that user data is on (not my choice - we're dealing with 5 & 10 person firms who won't spring for another array). -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Crowley [MVP] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 12:02 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Defrag I think you have an extra negative in your question. You should put your Exchange databases and logs on separate partitions and you probably shouldn't run defragmentation on them because they really shouldn't need it. Exchange's I/O patterns don't usually result in fragmented volumes. However, I don't recall ever hearing of problems associated with defragging a volume with an Exchange database on it, but given how sensitive Exchange is to errors in the storage subsystem, it just seems like it's an added risk with no associated reward. I would only defrag a volume when all the services are shut down, and only when you notice that the volume requires it. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Richard Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 7:52 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Defrag I'm still searching, but is it still considered bad form NOT to use server defragmentation on a volume with Exchange databases on it? We've got a pile of SBS 2003 boxes to deploy, and I keep telling these guys NOT to enable scheduled Windows server defrags on volumes that house Exchange. I just wanted to make sure that things haven't changed with Exchange 2003..... Thanks _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
