I was joking. I do not run regular offline defrags ever.
-----Original Message----- From: James Wells [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 4:30 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Offline Defrag of Exchange store, but disk space is limited Why would you run an offline defrag "whether it's needed or not" ? On 11/21/08, William Lefkovics <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> How often do you folks perform offline defrags? > > > > Every few years or so, whether it's needed or not. > > > >>> when disk space is running a little low? > > > > Add more disks. > > > > If disk space is a problem, and you want to get some back, are you > forcing archiving somewhere or mailbox cleanup policy (in order to get > white space so the information stores will shrink some when your offline defrag is run)? > Aren't you going to run into the same problem again soon? Better to > solve the problem rather than chase the symptoms. > > > > > > From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 12:01 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Offline Defrag of Exchange store, but disk space is > limited > > > > I'm sorry to hijack this thread, but the question seems to have been > answered, so I don't feel too guilty J > > > > How often do you folks perform offline defrags? Do you have a > dedicated downtime agreement to do it, or do you have emergency > procedures when disk space is running a little low? For my stores, > Offline Defrags will be taking > 12+ hours (each) at a rough guess, so it's not something can really do > 12+ on an > ad-hoc basis. > > > > Cheers > com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
