RE: Soka|Defag|Frequency

  • From: "William Lefkovics" <william@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:59:40 -0700

Necessary?  Absolutely not.
 

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From: Pete Hartman [mailto:pdch@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:46 AM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Soka|Defag|Frequency


http://www.MSExchange.org/


What if one archives a couple of gig of email. Is it necessary to do an
off-line defrag?

 

Thanks!

 

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From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 9:08 AM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Soka|Defag|Frequency

 

http://www.MSExchange.org/

That only applies to Standard Edition.

 

An Exchange administrator should be aware of that limit, and should plan for
it.

 

If your organization needs more than 16 GB of mailbox storage - then you
should buy it. Not defrag the database.

 

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From: P. Kay [mailto:pkay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 10:49 AM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Soka|Defag|Frequency

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If you DON'T do an offline defrag (assuming you are using Exchange Standard,
not Enterprise) Exchange will crash when it gets beyond 16GB limit.  I know
because mine crashed.  We purchased PerfectDisk 7 for Exchange, which
enables scheduling of offline defrags.

 

P. Kay Nuernberger

Systems Analyst/Exchange Administrator

City of Decatur - MIS Dept.

217-424-2754, Ext. 315

217-424-2770 - Fax

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