[ExchangeList] Re: free space after offline defrag
- From: "Ara Avvali" <Ara.Avvali@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:55:35 -0700
Hi Carl,
Yes there is incoming traffic and I believe it is much higher that clean
up especially due to attachments. But I thought this is the way it
works:
* Let's say for example I have a 10 GB database
* Cleanup policy deletes 1 GB, so the database stays at 10 GB but
will shrink down to 9 if I do offline defrag
* Meanwhile if I receive new emails, database goes to 11,12,13 GB
and higher still having the potential of loosing 1 GB
* Doing offline defrag bring it down 1 GB as example from 13 to 12
Isn't it the way it should be?
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From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Houseman
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 7:38 PM
To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: free space after offline defrag
If you purged deleted items worth 500 MB/week for 4 weeks and never
received any new mail at all, then you should get back 2GB of real space
for an offline defrag.
Seems likely/possible though, that you are receiving new items, and
probably more volume in new items than in the old items being
deleted/purged. This would be the case with most organizations.
Carl
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From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ara Avvali
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 10:26 PM
To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ExchangeList] free space after offline defrag
Hello everyone
I just have this strange feeling. We got a 2003 SP2 server. I have a
mail box manager policy that cleans up junk mail and deleted items after
a week. Every Sunday night I get a report that at least 500 MB is
deleted. So when I do the offline defrag once a month at least I should
get 2 GB of free space back from database. But that doesn't happen. As
an example I ran a defrag last night after 2 month wait and I only got
120 megabyte back. Something is not right and my database keeps growing
larger. Any idea?
Thanks
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