On 8/15/05, Douglas M. Long <dlong@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Exchange 2003 SP1. It does an online defrag regularly. The bloat happened in > the span of two days. I have pretty much come to the conclusion that an > offline defrag is in order, and will be performing that this weekend. Right. An online defrag does not clear white space. -- CPDE - Certified Petroleum Distribution Engineer CCBC - Certified Canadian Beer Consumer