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Exchange offline defrag
Name: kman101 Date: August 31, 2005 at 07:14:32 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 SBS CPU/Ram: Dual Xeon 3Ghz 1Gb Ram
Comment:
What is the best way to do an offline defrag of an exchange 2000 database,
and how long does it usually take,the .mdb file is about 8gb. thanks.
Name: Dirty_Sanchez Date: September 6, 2005 at 10:17:44 Pacific
Reply:
the best way is to use a third party utility but, a normal defrag on mine which has about 120 users w/each having 250mb mailboxes usually takes about an hour if I do it weekly. If I do it monthly, it can take considerably longer.
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