I don't know of a set ratio that MS recommends, I do believe the feedback
that I remember seeing on this around here a while back was simply, why? I
can say the only time in 3 years that I have ran a defrag was after our
array went south, and that was only a matter of the DR procedures. Our DB
is usually around 3-4 gig (small local gov) and our white space has ran
anywhere from 50m to just over a gig. You are running just shy of 10%,
where I usually run at about 15%. Again the question I would ask is why?
Unless you need that extra 14gig of drive space for something else.
Jeff
Jeffrey R. Waters
Senior Systems Engineer
Information Technology, Hanover County
-----Original Message-----
From: Derrick Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 2:24 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: When Does Microsoft Recommend Defrag of Exchange IS?
Does anyone know the White Space:Data Ratio @ which Microsoft recommends
running Defrag (eseutil /d) on your Exchange 5.5 Enterprise Server? Also,
do you have a TechNet/KB article number that supports that figure? I have
a 21GB Information Store which includes 2GB of white space on a 35GB RAID
5 partition, and would like to convince my manager that a defrag CAN
POSITIVELY WAIT 'til our next scheduled maintenance period which is 3
months away.
Thx in Advance!
-Derrick
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