Thanks for the explanation Michael, that's good to know. - Sean
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com>wrote: > A minimum of 1 GB is recommended (and somewhat enforced with back pressure) > starting with Exchange 2007. [[Note that back pressure is a lot more than > that and blah blah blah. But you get the point.]] > > Exchange 2003 and before would just run and run until the disk was full. > Oops. > > You need enough disk space to mount the database and allow it to process > whatever changes (that is - generate additional log files) are required to > perform the mount. That's going to generate a minimum of two log files (in > 2007 and above; perhaps just one in 2003). It'll also start immediately > processing the storeQ and the transportQ (unless the Transport service is > stopped in 2007+ or the SMTP service in 2003 and before) which will generate > more log files.... > > So....I'm a 10%-er minimum. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 5:10 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Log Drive Full > > So 10% would be roughly 24-25GB free space. Far cry from the 750MB he > has... > > I'm curious to know if there's a specific free space recommendation or > requirement in this scenario. > > - Sean > > > On Aug 12, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Cool. I believe that's what MBS was getting at. > > > > If it were me, I'd move a few hundred of the latest log files to a > > different partition, then start compressing the oldest log files, a > > few hundred at a time, and when you have a bunch of them compressed > > (maybe a thousand or so) move the files back that you placed > > elsewhere, and keep going with your compression, until you have free > > disk space equal to some significant fraction of your total partition > > space - I'd guess about 10% free, but others will have a better answer > > on that exact number. At any rate, once that amount of free space is > > obtained, backups will work, and log files will disappear. > > > > This will take some time, but it's certainly a very clean way of > > getting this done. > > > > I definitely wouldn't highlight the log directory and compress the > > entire directory. - that will cause other problems. > > > > Stay the course. > > > > > > Kurt > > > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 13:41, Chris Blair <chris_bl...@identisys.com> > > wrote: > >> Windows built in compress > >> > > > > > >
