RE: compacting IS (was Large Exchange Store)

[Barry McConnell]

Title: Message

    You are correct in not compacting your store but the 1/2 disk space is used for recover purposes. since it will take time for you to copy over a large store from one device to another. Whereas if you have it on the same device you can simply move the databases which will take seconds instead of hrs in some case. This is only one benefit for having 1/2 disk space free but it is probably the most important.

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:35 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: compacting IS (was Large Exchange Store)

I have a quick question for you guys.  Originally I read that you should leave enough space free in your RAID array (at least twice the size of your store) so that you can compact if needed.  However, I have since learned on this list that compacting is not a good idea unless you absolutely have to do it, so I'm wondering if I really should reserve all that extra free space on my array or not?  Since I'm in the planning stages of how much mailbox space to give our users as we move to server-based storage, I was wondering about this.  Thanks a lot.

-----Original Message-----
From:   Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:   Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:01 AM
To:     NT System Admin Issues
Subject:        RE: Large Exchange Store

You want it to startup faster????  Why is it even going down in the first
place?  How big is the store?

Personally, you haven't given me any reason to give you the answers you
seek.  The server sounds like it is doing fine without your intervention...

D
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