Here is Max's experience: Speaking about yourself in third person is a douche move.
Max ------------------------------------ *From:* VIPCS [mailto:[email protected]] *Sent:* Sunday, December 19, 2010 3:51 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Server 2003, what is using disk space on C: Here are some things that Jeffrey does: 1) Check the directories under “documents and settings” and delete any large files that can be deleted (i.e., temp files, and the IE cache; set the IE cache size to 10MB for users on the server). 2) Delete any uninstall directories under the Windows folder for Microsoft updates older than a year, and any service pack uninstall folders; the likelihood of uninstalling any of these updates after a year is small. 3) Delete the files under %windir%\softwaredistribution\downloads (these are installed Microsoft updates, but for some reason, systems cache them after installation). 4) Enable folder compression for any application and data folders on the partition. 5) Move page files to a different partition. It will not improve or degrade performance (because the partitions are part of the same physical RAID array), but it will free up additional disk space. You can also set the system to create a small dump file, which reduces the size of the page file required for that purpose on the c: partition. If you have much free space on the d: partition, you might want to consider using a partitioning utility to reallocate more space to the C: partition; however, Jeffrey has never done this on a production system (except by using tools such as NetBackup to migrate the configuration to a new server, which is not what you want to do). As for the disk space report inconsistency, you might want to look at some rootkit utilities (such as gmer) to check for files stored on the system that are not being reported or seen using the normal Windows tools. Sincerely, Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris VIPCS ------------------------------ *From:* Hank . [mailto:[email protected]] *Sent:* Sunday, December 19, 2010 12:57 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Server 2003, what is using disk space on C: I am working at a new client and one of their servers was reporting low disk space on c: It is a PE1950 with a PERC controller with a RAID5 array and one virtual disk split into 2 partitions. The OS is server 2003 r2. I cleaned up temp files and redirected IIS logs to the other partition and it now has 10% free space. The pagefile is 2Gb that will free up a little more but I didn't have time for another reboot. Diskmanagement reports that Disk0 is basic and 408.37 Gb , c: 31.86, e:376.51 Gb. It only shows two partitions. But in the "upper" section it reports c: as 16.8 Gb. My computer also shows the same. Shadowcopy was disabled. I ran Treesize and it reported the volume as 16.8 Gb and didn't show anything unusual. Any suggestions appreciated. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
