There are command switches that enable you to redirect it to another drive. You can also redirect it to a mapped drive on another box. This will of course affect the performance of the defrag though.
-----Original Message----- From: Gonzalez, Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 8:09 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: hard drive space Great so what do you do if you have a 50GB data store on 60GB drives? -----Original Message----- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:03 AM To: Exchange Discussions Yes, regardless of your Exch version. -----Original Message----- From: Gonzalez, Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 7:59 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: hard drive space Do you need the extra HD space to run an eseutil defrag on EX2000? -----Original Message----- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 10:48 AM To: Exchange Discussions Is that before or after it falls asleep at 9pm? -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 10:38 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: hard drive space > > > Then smokes a cigarette > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 7:38 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: hard drive space > > That's not entirely true. > > What you need is non-whitespace + 10%(+/- a bit), not current > database + > 10%. > > The defrag process creates a new database and copies the data > from the old > file into the new one, then replaces the old one with the new one. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis Inc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brady, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 9:38 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: hard drive space > > > > > > You will need scratch space = current priv size + 10%. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt > > Sent: Wed Jul 09 06:33:11 2003 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: hard drive space > > > > exchange 5.5 sp4 nt 4.0 sp6 how much free space should remain > > on drive where > > edb's are. I know to do an offline defrag you need space > equal to the > > databases to perform this function. Currently databases are 6 > > gb and 1 gb > > with only 1.5 gb free disk space remaining. Store pegs cpu at > > 100% every 2 > > days. A reboot takes > > care of cpu for the next 2 days. Databases are not growing at > > increased > > rate. disabled av sw. Big problem. > > Biggest problem for trouble shooting for us is it takes 2 > > days for the store > > service to consume cpu. Usually my next step would be to > > replace databases > > with new ones to see if they are the problem as per MS. But I > > can't do this > > for 2 days or more. 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