RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-15 Thread Sobey, Richard A
Randomly. From: bounce-9487411-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-9487411-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Shih, Henry Sent: 14 February 2012 17:30 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 database What is the best practice or guideline when you

RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-15 Thread Dave Wade
: Exchange 2010 database Randomly. From: bounce-9487411-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-9487411-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Shih, Henry Sent: 14 February 2012 17:30 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 database What is the best practice

RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-15 Thread Randal, Phil
+1 -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk From: Dave Wade [mailto:dave.w...@stockport.gov.uk] Sent: 15 February 2012 10:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 database

RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-15 Thread Sobey, Richard A
word - this is a healthy debate after all! Richard From: bounce-9487747-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-9487747-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Dave Wade Sent: 15 February 2012 10:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 database Perhaps we

RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-15 Thread Ellis, John P.
February 2012 12:04 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 database Like another poster said, it's entirely down to the organisation. We do ours randomly because we have lots of different types of users. Having all our execs or a certain department all go offline at the same

RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-15 Thread Peter Johnson
@01CCEBF0.F68AED40] From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:johnel...@wirral.gov.uk] Sent: 15 February 2012 02:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 database In Exchange 2003, we did it along the lines of Store for surnames starting A-H. So we may have surnames A-H on server 1

RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-15 Thread Randal, Phil
PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 database In Exchange 2003, we did it along the lines of Store for surnames starting A-H. So we may have surnames A-H on server 1. This is for standard size mailboxes (upto 200mb) then we have on each server a store for large mailbox

RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-14 Thread Tobie Fysh
No idea about best practice but we do it by department so in the event of a DR we can restore the databases of the most important teams first. Sent from my Windows Phone -Original Message- From: Shih, Henry Sent: 14/02/2012 17:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010

RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-14 Thread Maglinger, Paul
By job title/mailbox size. There seems to be a correlation between the two. From: Shih, Henry [mailto:hms...@ci.livermore.ca.us] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 11:30 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 database What is the best practice or guideline when you

RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-14 Thread Randal, Phil
Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 database No idea about best practice but we do it by department so in the event of a DR we can restore the databases of the most important teams first. Sent from my Windows Phone -Original Message- From: Shih, Henry Sent: 14/02/2012 17:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin

RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-14 Thread Steve Goodman
My two cents... First, I think it depends on the organization! I usually recommend, if most mailbox limits are going to be the same, going for a balanced/random distribution based on the mailbox profile and planned users per DB rather than another factor. And, if you have an entire department

Re: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-14 Thread PRamatowski
@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 database My two cents… First, I think it depends on the organization! I usually recommend, if most mailbox limits are going to be the same, going for a balanced/random distribution based on the mailbox profile and planned users per DB rather

RE: Exchange 2010 database question

2011-02-03 Thread Anthony Goraczko
The data you moved became white space in the database. The database will never reduce in size unless you dismount it and run an offline defrag on it to reclaim the space that it was using. If you run the cmdlet below it will tell you how much available space is in the database after the moves

RE: Exchange 2010 database question

2011-02-03 Thread Robert Peterson
Thank you, thank you... great info! From: Anthony Goraczko [mailto:anth...@fiu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 database question The data you moved became white space in the database. The database will never reduce in size

RE: Exchange 2010 database question

2011-02-03 Thread Robert Peterson
Thank you! Great info! From: Oz Casey Dedeal [mailto:telne...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:02 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange 2010 database question Database wont shrink unless you perform offline defrag and take the white space out of it.( this isn’t

RE: Exchange 2010 Database Rename and Log File Move

2010-05-19 Thread Michael B. Smith
Six of one, half-dozen of the other. GUI, or PowerShell - your choice. You move the files or Exchange does - your choice. If you've never done it in the lab - I might recommend you use the GUI for it. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From:

RE: Exchange 2010 Database Rename and Log File Move

2010-05-19 Thread Chris Pohlschneider
to the standard we have adopted. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:48 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 Database Rename and Log File Move Six of one, half-dozen of the other. GUI

RE: Exchange 2010 Database Rename and Log File Move

2010-05-19 Thread Michael B. Smith
-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 Database Rename and Log File Move To rename the database, do I have to first dismount the database, rename the edb file that it is pointing to and then mount the database again pointing to the correct re-named edb file? I am going to have four different