My assumption was that the users weren't going to be replaced anytime soon. And there is some merit to reducing the size of the DB to facilitate faster restores. Absolutely necessary... well, no. With a good backup in hand and an appropriate maintenance window, it's probably not the worst thing he could do to his servers.
Chris -- Chris Scharff Senior Sales Engineer MessageOne If you can't measure, you can't manage! > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Midgley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 4:06 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Fragmentation in mail database > > > Legitimate yes. Necessary - ummm. Davinda - how much space > will you recover? If you aren't planning to use the recovered > space for anything else then I wouldn't bother going through > the pain. Just worrying about whether its all going to work > is enough to question the validity of doing it in the first > place, unless you really need the space. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Drewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 25 October 2001 19:19 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Fragmentation in mail database > > > A legitimate reason to do an eseutil! Finally! > > look up eseutil and read the documentation. Make sure you > have good backups before you start. > > Exchange will do some of this automatically -- but it won't > reduce the size of the store. > > -- Drew > ******************************** > Visit http://www.drewncapris.net! Go! Go there now! > "A person ignorant of the possibility of failure can be a > halfbrick in the path of the bicycle of history." - Terry Pratchett > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Davinder Gupta > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 1:10 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Fragmentation in mail database > > > We just setup a new mail server and I have been moving bunch > of mailboxes to new mail server. As a result of this, the old > mail server has tons of empty space and needs to be > defragged. IS this something normal to do? > > Or is there any other to accomplish the same thing? > > Thanks > Davinder > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Confidentiality: This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the > addressee only and may be confidential. If they have come to > you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must > you copy or show them to anyone. Please advise the sender by > replying to > this e-mail immediately and then delete the original from > your computer. > > Opinion: Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are entirely > those of the > author and, unless specifically stated to the contrary, are > not necessarily those of Direct Select (192) Limited. > > Security Warning: Internet e-mail is not necessarily a secure > communications > medium and we advise that you understand and consider this > fact when e-mailing us. Direct Select (192) Limited does not > accept responsibility for any changes made to this message > after it was sent. > > Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this > e-mail and any attachments are free from all known viruses we > advise that, in keeping with > good computing practice, the recipient should ensure they are > actually > virus free. > > Thank you > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
