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PPitcher
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Exchange Server 2003 Offline Defragmentation
Exchange Server 2003 administration, offline defragmentation, Exchange defragmentation, Exchange 2003
I would like to run an offline defragmentation on our exchange database. The size of the priv1.edb is 53GB. I understand that to run this offline defragmentation I would require 110% of the 54GB. However I only have 40GB free space. I have no other local disks to run the defrag to.

Is there any way round this ?



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ASKED: Oct 15 2009  9:58 AM GMT
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Yes you can map a drive to another server with enough drive space, then set the temp drive to be that mapped drive letter. It may take longer depending on your bandwidth, but I have done it and it worked fine for me.
Last Answered: Oct 15 2009  8:19 PM GMT by Technochic   42915 pts.
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PPitcher   50 pts.  |   Oct 16 2009  8:18AM GMT

Thanks for the advice.
That sounds like a good option. However I am not 100% convinced that we need to run an offline defragmentation at this time. Therefore I will wait until more than 20% of available space can be recovered.

 

Technochic   42915 pts.  |   Oct 16 2009  1:30PM GMT

PPitcher, sounds like a good plan. You would want to do this when you can get the best results and the most return, definitely.