Unless you are desperately short of disk space, don't bother - it's a hassle! Looking at those figures, the whitespace generally is not a significant proportion of database size, so I would not imagine you'd get a noticable performance boost either.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Blunt, James H (Jim) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:48 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Excessive whitespace in Priv.edb and Pub.edb...Problem? > > Folks, > > I have 3 mailbox servers, 1 dedicated IMS server and 1 dedicated > bridgehead > server. All three mailbox servers are Win2k SP2 / Ex5.5 SP4+3...the other > 2 > are the same, but Ex5.5 SP4. Mailbox servers are Compaq DL380's with 1ghz > processors and 512mb of RAM, running on a Raid-5 setup with 5-18gb drives. > OS is on one logical drive, logs on another and stores on a third. IMS > and > Bridgehead are just old workstations. We are doing full online > Exchange-aware backups, using Veritas 8.5. Circular logging is on > currently. (I know, I know...prior admin forgot to turn off the default > setting...I have a request into our change board to turn it off on Monday, > still awaiting approval.) > > Anyway...during the course of the nightly backups / defrags, I get the > messages below. It takes the system about 30 seconds to backup the DS on > each server and about 45 minutes to backup the IS. All would seem pretty > normal to me, if it weren't for the amount of free space in the Private > Store when it's done. Does this much free space seem excessive to anyone > else but me? I added the comments to the end of each message. > > Event Type: Information > Event Source: MSExchangeIS Private > Event Category: General > Event ID: 1221 > Date: 1/31/2002 > Time: 12:07:52 AM > User: N/A > Computer: Computer1 > Description: > The database has 1078 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation > has terminated. > (Total priv.edb on this server is only 7.4gb) > > Event Type: Information > Event Source: MSExchangeIS Private > Event Category: General > Event ID: 1221 > Date: 1/31/2002 > Time: 12:21:41 AM > User: N/A > Computer: Computer2 (Mailbox Server) > Description: > The database has 440 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation > has terminated. > (Total priv.edb on this server is only 4.83gb) > > Event Type: Information > Event Source: MSExchangeIS Public > Event Category: General > Event ID: 1221 > Date: 1/30/2002 > Time: 12:00:04 AM > User: N/A > Computer: Computer3 (Public Folder Server/Mailbox server) > Description: > The database has 386 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation > has terminated. > (Total pub.edb on this server is only 1.17gb) > > Event Type: Information > Event Source: MSExchangeIS Private > Event Category: General > Event ID: 1221 > Date: 1/30/2002 > Time: 12:02:34 AM > User: N/A > Computer: Computer3 > Description: > The database has 593 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation > has terminated. > (Total priv.edb on this server is only 9.82gb) > > Event Type: Information > Event Source: MSExchangeIS Private > Event Category: General > Event ID: 1221 > Date: 1/31/2002 > Time: 12:00:02 AM > User: N/A > Computer: Computer4 (Dedicated IMS) > Description: > The database has 114 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation > has terminated. > (Total priv.edb on this server is only 117mb) > > I am thinking about doing the following, after 8:00pm this Friday: > 1. Stop all the Exchange services on the servers in question. > 2. Do a full offline backup. > 3. Run: eseutil /G /ispriv /V /X /O > 4. Run: eseutil /D /ispriv /P /O > 5. Run: eseutil /P /ispriv /V /X /O > 6. Restart all my Exchange services. > 7. Pray VERY hard that everything turns out okay. > > Jim Blunt > Network / E-mail Admin > Network / Infrastructure Group > Bechtel Hanford, Inc. > 509-372-9188 > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
