hey mike the problem is, that iÂve made an offline defrag :( Marco -----UrsprÃngliche Nachricht----- Von: Wohlgemuth, Mike [mailto:WohlgemuthM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Gesendet: Montag, 29. September 2003 12:49 An: [ExchangeList] Betreff: RE: [exchangelist] Databaseproblem pt. II the database just makes space available inside of itself .... the physical drive space will NEVER decrease unless you perform an offline defrag (eseutil) mike -----Original Message----- From: Zentarra, Marco [mailto:marco.zentarra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Mon 9/29/2003 5:01 AM To: [ExchangeList] Cc: Subject: [exchangelist] Databaseproblem pt. II http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hey all Exchange 2000 Our Database (DB) is 15,1 GB big (the 4 files together) But the mailboxes together are only 4,2 GB! I know that exchange needs more space , and not only (in our case) 4,2 Gb, but check this out: A few days ago our DB was 16,1 GB big (the 4 files...) and the mailboxes together were 7,9 GB!!! i told my coworkers to tidy up their mailboxes, and now we have onl 4,2 GB mailboxes. shouldnt the DB shrink 4 GB ???? TIA Marco ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: wohlgemuthm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-exchangelist-1661321N@xxxxxxxxxxxxx