I wonder how long it would take to compress say a 12GB priv.edb? William
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 1:46 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: MDBDATA Log Files compress log files, yes. compress databases, no. Just clarifying ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lefkovics, William" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:00 PM Subject: RE: MDBDATA Log Files > You could, in an emergency, compress some of the log files with NTFS > compression. They compress fairly well. > > This should not be the practice though. > > William > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Taylor, Skip [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:02 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: MDBDATA Log Files > > > Thanks for the vote of confidence. I planned on using PerfWiz to make the > move, circular logging is Not enabled and I schedule a full backup every > night. I missed one day of backing up due to a failed tape causing the > drive to fill. I don't have much room for error because of the small > partition. > > Thanks, > > Skip Taylor, MCSE > Network Administrator > Jordan, Jones, & Goulding > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leeann McCallum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:44 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: MDBDATA Log Files > > > Good point. I forgot about perfwiz. Call me paranoid, but I'd still do a > full backup before running perfwiz. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Soysal, Serdar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 17 January 2002 8:42 a.m. > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: MDBDATA Log Files > > > If you use perfwiz to move them, it will be ok [1]. Especially since when > perfwiz shuts down Exchange services to run, all logs will be committed to > the database anyways. > > But yes, a backup ASAP is in good order. I don't recommend deleting the > logfiles until a good backup [2]. > > S. > > [1] I give Skip enough credit to assume that when he meant "move the > logfiles" he was indeed talking about PerfWiz. [2] Unless Skip is using > circular logging [3], in which case it doesn't really matter. [3] *GASP* > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leeann McCallum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:31 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: MDBDATA Log Files > > > I wouldn't move them. Exchange expects to find them in the place they are. > Get a full backup done asap. Do it now > > -----Original Message----- > From: Taylor, Skip [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 17 January 2002 8:30 a.m. > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: MDBDATA Log Files > > > I do a full backup every night but had a bad tape so the log files did not > get deleted and the server came to a halt. I only have a 2gb partition for > these files. I'll see about moving them to a different partition. I just > did not know what was considered normal. > > Thanks to all who replied, > > Skip Taylor, MCSE > Network Administrator > Jordan, Jones, & Goulding > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 1:26 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: MDBDATA Log Files > > > 5-10 minutes? That's terrible! It should be every 12 minutes! > > Those are transaction logs. They are created as email traffic is created. > Someone sends that 100MB mpeg of Scharff in a pink dress (you know the one!) > then the transaction logs will be created a little faster than that... > > William > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Skip Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 10:21 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: MDBDATA Log Files > > > How often should Exchange be writing MDBDATA log files? Our Exchange server > appears to write a new 5mb log file every 5 to 10 minutes. I searched the > FAQs and Archives but did find an answer. Here's our system. > > Single Server > Exchange 5.5 SP 3 > NT 4.0 SP 5 > 550 users > > Is this normal? > Is this a Mail Loop? If so how can I find it? > Is some one relaying mail off my server? If so how can I stop it? > > Thanks, > _________________________________________________________________ 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]
