Even if you gained back 50% of the disk space, that's only about 60MB. Hardly seems worth the time.
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke < [email protected]> wrote: > KInda figured, I have found a few ‘Untruths’ in these videos. I have > been using a virtual box as a test domain controller to follow and test what > the guy is saying. > > (Train signal) The real test is when I do the transcender tests. > > > > Anyway my ntds.dit is about 122 mgs. for about 600 users and 800 pcs. > I’ll look at the events logs and see if there is any significant disk > savings. > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 26, 2009 5:58 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Compact the ntds.dit > > > > The older Win2k servers had the type of hardware spec that you’d see from > the 2000-2001 era. They were continually running out of disk space and also > had excessive paging. As part of the upgrade project to 2003 FFL, the > situation management of these servers involved doing a compaction – > basically the 2003 FFL was not going ahead until as many issues as possible > could be removed. I shudder to think what the FFL upgrade cost, considering > it was an 8 month project. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* Brian Desmond [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, 26 March 2009 8:07 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Compact the ntds.dit > > > > *If you did the inplace upgrade in a large org you’d definitely see 40%+ > space gain overnight from the SD single instancing here. Even then so it’s > not generally worth the hassle for the minimal amount of disk space you > typically get back. * > > * * > > *Thanks,* > > *Brian Desmond* > > *[email protected]* > > * * > > *c - 312.731.3132* > > * * > > *Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/* > > *Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian* > > * * > > *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:07 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Compact the ntds.dit > > > > Agreed. 2-3 accounts a month is not worth doing this for. > > > > I've seen some multi-GB DIT files that have benefitted significantly from > compaction. But this is for a large bank (Global Fortune 500 company) that's > had some of these DCs since they first put in Win2k AD > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Christopher Bodnar [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, 26 March 2009 7:42 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Compact the ntds.dit > > I have heard of compacting the AD DB, but not as a regular maintenance > task. Take a look at this: > > > > http://www.petri.co.il/active_directory_offline_defragmentation.htm > > > > If you had a very large number of objects deleted and you wanted to reclaim > the space, I would say do it as a one-time procedure. Not as a maintenance > task. > > > > > > Chris Bodnar, MCSE > Sr. Systems Engineer > Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services > Guardian Life Insurance Company of America > Email: [email protected] > Phone: 610-807-6459 > Fax: 610-807-6003 > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:01 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Cc:*imceaex-_o=butler_ou=wabutler_cn=recipients_cn=networkad...@butlerahs.com > *Subject:* Compact the ntds.dit > > > > Has anyone ever heard of defragging or compacting the ntds.dit file once a > month? > > According to these videos I have to study from, the guy sez once a month, > heck I never did it and non of the engineers here has ever heard of doing > it. > > It’s not like we have a revolving door here, 2 or 3 accounts a month. > > > > > > *Luke L. 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