Re: [IMail Forum] spool / mailbox partition fragmentation
We have been running Defrag Manager from Winternals - http://www.winternals.com/es/solutions/DefragManager.asp for a year or two. When I compared it to Disk Keeper I thought it better for our needs. At the time a license for 10 servers was quite reasonable. I don't know about their current pricing; licensing above 10 servers seems pricey to me. FWIW. Thank you, David Weber Windows 2000 MCP http://www.orcsweb.com/ Powerful Web Hosting Solutions #1 in Service and Support To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
Re: [IMail Forum] spool / mailbox partition fragmentation
Thanks all for the advise! I have found a neat little utility (just a script really) that allows you to schedule defrags in win2000. It's called Autodefrag, and I guess it's been around for awhile. http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6268-1048744.html I still plan to buy Diskeeper, but this works great for the interm. I have set up defrags every 3 hours per Pete's advise. Our system has enough Processor/Memory overhead for it to run without stopping any services. The only hitch I've found is that it hangs if the Defrag window is already open. Bill Green dfn Systems 505-622-7853 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
Re: [IMail Forum] spool / mailbox partition fragmentation
Hi Bill, Before you buy Diskeeper, you should look at www.oo-software.de. Their Defrag for servers is much more efficient then Diskeeper. Am Mittwoch, 13. April 2005 um 01:54 schrieben Sie: Thanks all for the advise! I have found a neat little utility (just a script really) that allows you to schedule defrags in win2000. It's called Autodefrag, and I guess it's been around for awhile. http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6268-1048744.html I still plan to buy Diskeeper, but this works great for the interm. I have set up defrags every 3 hours per Pete's advise. Our system has enough Processor/Memory overhead for it to run without stopping any services. The only hitch I've found is that it hangs if the Defrag window is already open. Bill Green dfn Systems 505-622-7853 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen Merlin Consulting Martin Schaible Bahnhofstrasse 27 CH-8702 Zollikon Phone: +41 44 391 30 00 Fax: +41 44 391 32 49 Mail:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.merlinconsulting.ch Support: http://support.merlinconsulting.ch GPS: N47 20.235 E8 34.226 News - Neue Produkte: .:. Kiwi Syslog Monitor .:. Paessler GmbH .:. Sawmill Loganalyzer .:. SmarterTools To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
RE: [IMail Forum] spool / mailbox partition fragmentation
Bill, I too needed justification to spend the $250 for diskkeeper a year or two ago; I wrestled with it for a while but broke down and got it; it was well worth every penny. Sincerely, Randy Armbrecht Global Web SolutionsR, Inc. 804-346-5300 x112 877-800-GLOBAL (4562) x112 http://globalweb.net Richmond's Internet Source since 1996! WEB HOSTING including EMAIL beginning at $29/month! DSL Starting at $39.95/month! Non-Profits - receive a 25% discount on most services! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Green dfn Systems Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 5:05 PM To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject: [IMail Forum] spool / mailbox partition fragmentation I'm running IMail 8 on Windows 2000 Server. I've been manually defragging the spool and users partitions early every morning. That's getting old. I've seen postings about Diskeeper, but I can't justify the $250.00 right now. Are there any cheap alternatives? Analysis of my users partition will report a defrag is needed about 6 hours after I complete one. Should I schedule every 6 hours or more frequently? Bill Green dfn Systems 5056227853 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
Re: [IMail Forum] spool / mailbox partition fragmentation
On Monday, April 11, 2005, 5:05:05 PM, Bill wrote: BGdS I'm running IMail 8 on Windows 2000 Server. I've been manually defragging BGdS the spool and users partitions early every morning. That's getting old. I've BGdS seen postings about Diskeeper, but I can't justify the $250.00 right now. BGdS Are there any cheap alternatives? BGdS Analysis of my users partition will report a defrag is needed about 6 hours BGdS after I complete one. Should I schedule every 6 hours or more frequently? You want to set it to run twice as often. A good rule of thumb for serving any process is that you should not load it more than 50% if you can avoid it. So, if you need to do it every 6 hours (that would be 100% load) set it to run twice as fast (3 hours - that would be 50% load). In my experiences this rule works in most scenarios. Hope this helps, _M To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
RE: [IMail Forum] spool / mailbox partition fragmentation
Cheap yes ... I have scripts on my personal site that will do this ... but it takes the smtp, pop, queue off line. http://www.checca.net Christopher Checca Packard Transport, Inc. IT Department 24021 South Municipal Dr PO Box 380 Channahon, IL. 60410 815 467 9260 815 467 6939 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.packardtransport.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Green dfn Systems Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 3:05 PM To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject: [IMail Forum] spool / mailbox partition fragmentation I'm running IMail 8 on Windows 2000 Server. I've been manually defragging the spool and users partitions early every morning. That's getting old. I've seen postings about Diskeeper, but I can't justify the $250.00 right now. Are there any cheap alternatives? Analysis of my users partition will report a defrag is needed about 6 hours after I complete one. Should I schedule every 6 hours or more frequently? Bill Green dfn Systems 5056227853 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
Re: [IMail Forum] spool / mailbox partition fragmentation
Bill, Spool fragmentation is caused almost exclusively by the logs (other files don't permanently live there). You should write a job to move the logs off of that partition to another partition and this will remove the fragmentation and also defragment the log when it gets written to another drive. User accounts are generally not a fragmentation issue unless you have many mbx files that grow very large and don't get wiped from the server. Since these files are only used by one user at a time, fragmentation in them is mostly inconsequential, and I wouldn't be concerned. Matt Bill Green dfn Systems wrote: I'm running IMail 8 on Windows 2000 Server. I've been manually defragging the spool and users partitions early every morning. That's getting old. I've seen postings about Diskeeper, but I can't justify the $250.00 right now. Are there any cheap alternatives? Analysis of my users partition will report a defrag is needed about 6 hours after I complete one. Should I schedule every 6 hours or more frequently? Bill Green dfn Systems 5056227853 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ -- = MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ = To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
RE: [IMail Forum] spool / mailbox partition fragmentation
User accounts are generally not a fragmentation issue unless you have many mbx files that grow very large and don't get wiped from the server. Since these files are only used by one user at a time, fragmentation in them is mostly inconsequential, and I wouldn't be concerned. Or if you have a lot of webmail users. John T eServices For You To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
