It depends on how many files your people are swapping as well, each log file is 5Mb so if you have a lot of files going back and forth it can grow pretty quickly. Single instance storage is a huge help with this but so is user training.
John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:10 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MDBDATA Folder We only have 50-60 users here and one Exchange 2003 server. _____________________________ Cameron Cooper System Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com -----Original Message----- From: Osborne, Richard [mailto:richard.osbo...@wth.org] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 4:09 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MDBDATA Folder I get 3-4gb of logs a day, so that seems okay to me. 4000 mailboxes, Exchange 2003SP2 on Server 2003. Is that out of the norm? Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:18 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MDBDATA Folder 23GB of logs in 7 days? That's one busy storage group! -----Original Message----- From: bounce-8796511-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-8796511-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Cameron Cooper Sent: 19 January 2010 17:34 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: MDBDATA Folder The oldest log file in there is from 1/13/2010 4:43pm and the newest file is from today at 11:04am. We only have had one store as we have one exchange server (Windows 2003 R2, Exchange 2003 SP2). _____________________________ Cameron Cooper System Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com -----Original Message----- From: James Wells [mailto:jam...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:22 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: MDBDATA Folder Another question not asked...are these log files RECENT? i.e. How old is the newest file? If they correlate to a store that has been deleted or the log path was moved, BE won't purge that location after backup completes... --James On 1/19/10, Cameron Cooper <ccoo...@aurico.com> wrote: > Exchange new-be here... looking on our exchange server under the > following folder \Exchsrvr\MDBDATA and noticed that there are 23.6GB > worth of log files in there. Are these safe to delete? > > > > _____________________________ > > Cameron Cooper > > System Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified > > Aurico Reports, Inc > > Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 > > ccoo...@aurico.com <mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com> | www.aurico.com > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.
