Check out 1221 for ESE in the Application log to see how much white space you have.
Also: Get-mailbox -resultsize unlimited | get-mailboxstatistics | select DisplayName, TotalDeletedItemSize, TotalItemSize will provide you with more details... Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 1:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: database size vs mailbox size Hi all, Can anyone help me solve a mystery? Exchange 2010 small implementation. 30 users. When I run a script to get mailbox sizes all mailboxes add up to less than 12 gigs. We have default retention policy enabled that keeps deleted items for 14 days. the database management tick box is ticked for 24/7 maintenance. The mailbox edb file is 88 gigs. Any idea what is going on and how I can shrink this? Thanks. Bill --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist