>> . If I set their retention policy to 0 days will that free up that space >> sometime today?
It will free it up the next time white space consolidation completes running. That's generally within 24 hours. That will just increase AvailableNewMailboxSpace. Is there an actual problem you are trying to solve? 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 2:31 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: database size vs mailbox size Thanks, Michael. I do not see any 1221 events in the application log, but I ran this: Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | FL AvailableNewMailboxSpace and it replied 10.34 GB. I also have one user that shows 20 GB in totsldeleteditemd and one user with 7 GB. If I set their retention policy to 0 days will that free up that space sometime today? 12 GB of mailboxes, 30 GB of deleted items and 10 GB of whitespace would be 52 GB total vs the 88 GB in the edb file. Anything else, I should look at? Bill Michael B. Smith wrote: > 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