A co-located box is a server that is not at your location but is at
someplace where a (usually) much larger pipe comes in.
Eric S
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From: E. Mark Kothe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 2:10 PM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: Defragging a Server - GREAT ADVICE
> What is a colocated box?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jess Coburn
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 1:58 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: Defragging a Server - GREAT ADVICE
>
>
> Thanks for the input Len and William, it makes sense and I especially
> like the idea of only defragging the data volume and not the system
> volume, that would make me feel safer :-)
>
> You know, this listserve group has saved my buttocks more than once
> with timely and useful help and is by far the best.
>
> Regards,
> Jess
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William Van
> > Hefner
> > Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 1:49 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: Defragging a Server
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jess Coburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 6:34 AM
> > Subject: [IMail Forum] OT: Defragging a Server
> >
> >
> > > I assume I need to defrag my server on occassion the problem is
> > > it's a colocated box and I administer it via pcAnywhere.
> > > So I'm scared to death to do this.
> >
> > > Anyone try this?
> >
> > > Any suggestions on what to use?
> >
> > Well, I do not use PC Anywhere, but I have used VNC to defrag with great
> > success for many months.
> >
> > I use Diskkeeper, which you can program to run at automatic intervals
each
> > day. That is probably the easiest way to do it. I have also run
Diskkeeper
> > manually on my servers from home using VNC to control it. There
> > is not much
> > of a problem, other than the fact that it will slow response time down
on
> > screen refreshes a bit. VNC seems to use about 5 megs of RAM while it is
> > running, and Diskkeeper (or any defrag program) will take up some
> > memory and
> > slow down the hard drive as well, so I do not recommend running
> > the programs
> > at peak intervals, as you will slow eveything down (and the disk will
not
> > defrag as well, or as fast).
> >
> > FYI, I have this combo on two servers. One runs Imail. It has 64
> > MB of RAM,
> > a 4 MB IDE drive and a Pentium Pro 200 MMX as the CPU. It also hosts a
> > couple of websites using IIS, and handles well over 1,000 e-mails per
day,
> > occasionally as many as 10,000. This combo has been running with
> > no problems
> > for well over six months now. I admin everything from home now, and only
> > travel to the server site to do occasional physical server
> > maintence. It has
> > not crashed even once during that time.
> >
> > Hope this is of some help.
> >
> > William Van Hefner
> > Sysadmin/Everything Else
> > http://www.thedigest.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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