Indeed. Those databases will always grow, eventually colliding with the home directories.
(:= -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dale Geoffrey Edwards Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 4:01 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Diskkeeper and Exchange- My experience And that is a BIG NO NO! Exchange Server should not be used for a file server. Microsoft will tell you nothing but Exchange should be on the Server. Except maybe AV software for Exchange. Geoff....... -----Original Message----- From: James Liddil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 4:52 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Diskkeeper and Exchange- My experience Well if this server was only for exchange I'd say no. But the reality is that this server is also used as file server. Jim Liddil > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 4:46 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Diskkeeper and Exchange- My experience > > > Exchange offline defrags are rarely if ever necessary. Is > there a compelling reason to have diskkeeper within 100 miles > of the server? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Liddil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:07 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Diskkeeper and Exchange- My experience > > > > > > As noted before I found my store.exe at 500,000 K this morning ( An > > exchange server for 25 people) and the CPU at 100%. Restarting IS > > fixed the memory > > usage but not the CPU usage. So I killed DiskKeeper 7 which > > I had running > > in "smart schedule" mode. But it took me a few hours to > > figure that it was the process using all the CPU. (It took > > me a bit of time to take a clear look and not run around like > > a chicken with it's head cut off. And yes I learned a thing > > or two). So then read a bit and e-mailed exec. Software. They > > indicate that I should not have to exclude any files from the > > DK defrag process and that they had no further info on what > > could have happened. And they also indicate that I should run > > an offline defrag of exchange using DK once a month or so. > > Of course I asked for data to support this suggestion as it > > seems many folks here never use the exchange offline defrag. > > > > Jim Liddil > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
