[isapros] Re: Disk Defragger on ISA
- From: "Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 17:36:43 -0700
Exchange message store typically needs a good defrag after X transactions
(depending on your volume.) You might want to check that out- it make
actually make a performance difference.
t
On 5/23/06 3:06 PM, "Amy Babinchak" <amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> spoketh
to all:
> I defrag on rare occasion. Usually when the fragmentation starts to cause a
> problem with backup. Other than that I leave well enough alone. You might want
> to try stopping as many services as possible while the defrag is running.
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> Amy
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> From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Thomas W Shinder
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:12 PM
> To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isapros] Re: Disk Defragger on ISA
>
> As Jim mentions, MSIT does defrag their disks, so its not outside the realm of
> reasonable action. However, I think maybe the box I was performing the task on
> was a bit underpowered. I'll try it again someday on a different machine. :)
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> Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
> Site: www.isaserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/>
> Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/
> Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7
> MVP -- ISA Firewalls
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>> From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Steve Moffat
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:00 AM
>> To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [isapros] Re: Disk Defragger on ISA
>> Rofl?.this is one for the SBS list I think?..
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>> Does the built in defragger actually do anything?? As to your question, I
>> don¹t have an answer as I do not defrag my disks them being scsi raid ?n all
>> that.
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>> S
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>> From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Thomas W Shinder
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:54 AM
>> To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [isapros] Disk Defragger on ISA
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>> For no good reason at all other than I was bored on fine Saturday morning, I
>> decided to run the built in disk defragger on one of my ISA 2004 firewalls.
>> The system "locked up" (for want of a better term) and I had to ungracefully
>> shutdown and restart.
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>> Is this "officially bad" or was I having a bad day? :)
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>> Tom
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>> Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
>> Site: www.isaserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/>
>> Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/
>> Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7
>> MVP -- ISA Firewalls
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