Agreed.. the newer CPU speeds and Hard Drives speeds do improve the defrag times. I also ran ISINTEG which took even longer. Looking back I should have ran it first before using the /d option with Esutil.
However I did find this : "Microsoft recommends a conservative 5 - 7 GB per hour for a defrag operation, which means that your server will be offline for as long as it takes, assuming no hardware failures will occur." Thanks for the feedback, Jose :-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT:Exchange 2003 SP1 bloat Unless your processor is truly underpowered, it's an i/o bound activity and the speed of the defrag is directly related to how fast your disk is. If you use the "do not instate" switch (/p), then you will have to change the names of the database files yourself -- otherwise the DB you mount will be the old one. :-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas M. Long Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT:Exchange 2003 SP1 bloat Ah man, don't tell me that it took 10 hours for a 30GB database...the one I am defragging is 91GB. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Medeiros, Jose Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT:Exchange 2003 SP1 bloat I am not sure I understand your point.. if he is trying to fix his bloat issue, this tool will do the same thing as Esutuil in compacting the database with out having to take down his exchange servers. Last time I ran Esutuil on a 30gb data base it took nearly 10 hours to finish. Jose -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT:Exchange 2003 SP1 bloat I would never recommend a tool that does offline defragmentation as preventive maintenance. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Medeiros, Jose Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT:Exchange 2003 SP1 bloat Want a simpler method? Try http://www.goexchange.com/, ( GOexchange is painless to use and saves you time by running automatic expert preventive maintenance while you attend to more important things ) You won't even have to take your Exchange servers offline to defrag the information and public folder stores. Jose :-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT:Exchange 2003 SP1 bloat KB192185 has good info on this. You are on the right path, IMO. Sincerely, Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE+M MCSA+M MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Directory Services www.readymaids.com - we know IT www.akomolafe.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Douglas M. Long Sent: Wed 8/17/2005 10:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT:Exchange 2003 SP1 bloat I guess I was thinking of using the /p switch because of a paragraph" "Run ESEUTIL with the /p switch to configure ESEUTIL to create the new defragmented database on an alternate location (for example, to a location on a different hard disk). This switch lets you preserve your original defragmented database (which lets you revert back to your original database if necessary). This switch also significantly reduces the amount of time it takes to defragment a database, because you are rebuilding to a new location, rather then rebuilding the database in place." I was thinking...hmmm, it takes less time, and I have a little more protection from something going wrong...sounds good to me. Comments? And now that I think of it, my command probably needed a PATH for the new DB unless there is a default, but I won't know that till I run eseutil. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Johnson Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT:Exchange 2003 SP1 bloat Well IIRC /p is a hard repair whilst /d is for defrag. If you have a working, mountable store that you want to defrag you don't need the /p switch. Anyone got any comment? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas M. Long Sent: 17 August 2005 18:13 To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] OT:Exchange 2003 SP1 bloat OK, so I have scheduled a window this weekend to run an offline defrag of the mailbox store. Now I am looking for the best way to do this, and since this list seems to have more/better experience with Exchange than the Exchange list, I am looking for comments. Here are the steps I am planning on taking: 1. Full backup of "General" store 2. Dismount "General" store 3. > eseutil /d /p F:\Exchsrvr\mdbdata\General.edb *Is it a good idea to use the /p switch (I have enough space) **If using the /p switch, what is the mounting procedure for the new DB? 4. Full backup of new DB Any comments are very welcome, and appreciated. 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