Don't bother unless you will get a substantial amount of space back. As another respondent told you, check your event logs to see how much white space there is.
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 RBHATIA Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:05 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: EDBUTIL or ESEUTIL I'm running Exchange 5.5 on NT Server 4.0 Is it a good idea to do an offline defrag of my information store (as it hasn't been done in almost 6 months) and the size is considerably large. I'm aware that Exchange 5.5 is known to do a good job with the online defrag, however, would it still help to cut down on the size of my store by doing an offline defrag ? I have read all of Microsoft Q Articles on this topic but would still like to know about a real world scenario. Since it's Exchange 5.5 I will be using ESEUTIL. Moreover, this would help me when I upgrade to Exchange 2000 in a few months as it will reduce the size of my information store. Also, any warnings I should consider before I do the defrag ? _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
