I have had the good fortune >{ to participate in offline defragmentation
lately.Remind your colleagues that it is potentially destructive (welll.... it could be). Remind them that in some cases, it takes all night. Are these colleagues people who know how exchange works??? And who told them eseutil /d is maintenance that should be done periodically??? Haven't they ever heard if it ain't broke don't fix it? If they want to speed up backup, tell them to a) buy something bigger, better, faster to do backup on; 2) spread out the users on more servers (heh); III) the store defragments itself all the time. Unless you removed 7GB of user data recently, the only thing you're going to buy is a lot of downtime. and phooey to them (I'm tired, the defrag last night took until midnight.) -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 1:41 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: eseutil /d It won't hurt Exchange performance but will needlessly break any uptime metrics. There is one, count 'em, one difference between an offline and an online defrag. The former moves the EOF, the latter does not. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Zorz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 12:06 PM Subject: RE: eseutil /d > I remember an excellent explanation of how this will actually hurt Exchange > performance by one of the Ed's. I saved it, then lost it somehow. Maybe > someone still has it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Couch, Nate > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 10:54 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: eseutil /d > > > Try reading Jim McBee's book - Exchange 247. It talks about this very > issue. Basically, it comes down to the view, from my reading, that "if it > ain't broke - leave it alone". If you aren't seeing any errors in the Event > logs that clue you into a problem with the databases don't go begging for > trouble - you are likely to find it. > > All the best in your battle with your coworkers. > > Nate Couch > EDS Messaging > > > ---------- > > From: paragon400 > > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 11:32 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: eseutil /d > > > > I have some team members here that believe that regular defragmentation > > (offline) should be done as routine maintenance. I don't share this > > opinion, but I am having a hard time finding evidence to support my > > belief. Does anyone know of any links that support the theory that > > eseutil should not be used for regular maintenance or am I wrong and > > should it be part of regular maintenance? > > > > Exchange 5.5 environment. > > > > Thanks for any help anyone can provide. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.338 / Virus Database: 189 - Release Date: 3/14/2002 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
