This definitely falls into the "No crap" category. If this were my box from the beginning, I would have used enterprise edition. I inherited this box and will be stuck with it until the end of the year.
Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -----Original Message----- From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:16 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Private Store size problems. The same thing that would have prevented the problem in the first place: install Enterprise Edition. > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:07 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Private Store size problems. > > > Good points. I'm doing a full-court press to get us upgraded > to Exchange > 2000 Enterprise at the same time. As far as the temp drive > goes, it is a > 36GB 15k rpm drive, separate from the main storage volume. > I'm averaging > around 9 GB / hour, so I'm not far from the eseutil's > theoretical maximum of > 10 GB / hour. I guess I should be happy. > > My real question should have been this: What do you do when > an offline > defrag won't get Priv.edb filesize small enough to restart > the Information > Store? > > > Eric Fretz > > L-3 Communications > ComCept Division > 2800 Discovery Blvd. > Rockwall, TX 75032 > tel: 972.772.7501 > fax: 972.772.7510 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:04 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Private Store size problems. > > > I'd continue to focus on purchasing the Enterprise version. > What's the cost > of yo0ur labor in doing the offline defrag? What's the cost > to the company > in the system downtime for you to do the defrag? What's the > cost to the > company of the system downtime if you do hit the 16GB limit? > Then compare > that to the cost of Enterprise Edition. > > You'd best delete things from the store while it is up and > right before you > do the offline defrag. You can also reduce the DIR time > period so things > get permanently deleted sooner. > > Speeding up offline defragmentation: This is a FAQ - the > best you can do is > put things on fast storage, make the temp drive a separate > spindle from the > live store. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:53 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Private Store size problems. > > > > > > My company has been reluctant to upgrade our exchange 5.5 standard > > server to 5.5 enterprise and because of this, I bump up against the > > 16 GB limit about > > every 20 days. Is there any way to access the Private store > > to prune (or > > even delete) oversize mailboxes while the store is offline? > > Also, is there > > any way to speed up eseutil while it's doing an offline > > defragmentation? > > > > Thanks > > > > Eric Fretz > > > > L-3 Communications > > ComCept Division > > 2800 Discovery Blvd. > > Rockwall, TX 75032 > > tel: 972.772.7501 > > fax: 972.772.7510 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang = english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
