Thanks for the info. I haven't done one of these either in about 3 years and wouldn't be doing it if PSS had not requested it.
-----Original Message----- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 10:36 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eseutil Questions They take for ever when you have a big store. I like to time them and play with the numbers. Boredom will lead to odd things. --Kevinm M, WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, And Beyond Did I just say that out loud? -----Original Message----- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 7:28 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eseutil Questions When I said "quoted", that's what I meant! I read those figures somewhere (they were from Microsoft) but I do admit in reality they'd probably be a bit lower. To be honest, I've not done an offline defrag often enough to remember how long it took me; I really don't do them often at all... Neil Hobson Silversands http://www.silversands.co.uk Microsoft Gold Certified Partner For Enterprise Systems For Collaborative Solutions -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: 22 February 2002 15:19 Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List Conversation: Eseutil Questions Subject: RE: Eseutil Questions Now that's fast what was you running that on for hardware? I would be not raid. --Kevinm M, WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, And Beyond Did I just say that out loud? -----Original Message----- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 7:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Eseutil Questions I've seen quoted speeds of 4-6Gb per hour, but it really depends on how much data within the database is used, not necessarily the actual physical size of the edb file, as well as the spec of the machine running it. Neil Hobson Silversands http://www.silversands.co.uk Microsoft Gold Certified Partner For Enterprise Systems For Collaborative Solutions -----Original Message----- From: Michel, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: 22 February 2002 15:04 Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List Conversation: Eseutil Questions Subject: Eseutil Questions In diagnosing an issue on my Exchange server PSS has suggested I run "eseutil /d" on my stores. Does anyone have any idea of how long this whole process might take, assuming all goes well, given the following info (just trying to plan my weekend): 2 mailbox stores total 6 storage groups total ~300 mailboxes total ~30GB total edb size ~20GB is largest single edb Server is Proliant 6000 with three PII 450Mhz XEON 1MB cache processors and 4GB RAM Thanks in advance. David S. Michel MCSE/CNE Systems Engineer Ruden McClosky Smith Schuster & Russell, P.A. 200 East Broward Boulevard Suite 1600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-527-2456 Direct Phone 954-333-4056 Direct Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message contains confidential information that may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review, retransmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by telephone at 954-764-6660 and delete this message. Please note that if this e-mail message contains a forwarded message or is a reply to a prior message, some or all of the contents of this message or any attachments may not have been produced by Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster, & Russell, P.A. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
