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HELP - DEFRAG EXCHANGE 2003 SBS DATABASE

Asked by hometech1 in Exchange Email Server

Been here a long time but never asked a question...now I am desperate.

I have a client whose new business has been growing by leaps and bounds very quickly. They now have 30 desktops - half are MAC/entourage users and half are PC/outlook users. Their exchange SBS2003 database has reached its maximum size of 75 GB. I have been archiving mail like crazy the last couple of weeks and it has not helped much...the database keeps growing. I have added up all the mailbox sizes and their database should only be about 45GB now. but the Priv1.EDB is 58GB and the Priv1.STM is 21GB. I got a warning yesterday that it was over the 75GB limit and the db was dismounted automatically. I know there is several GB of whitespace in the db since i have been archiving.

I started an offline defrag to reclaim the space but after running all night long - for 8 hours now, its only at 4% !! It reached 4% the first 30min and has not moved since. I run the performance monitor and the disk activity is pegged at 100%. I am not sure what to do.

I thought this could finish overnight on Thursday night but I underestimated how long it would take and they will want their mail today. I can start it again Friday night and do it all weekend if needed but I ont know if i did something wrong. I ran a backup before doing the defrag. I ran the ESEUTIL /d command and that was it, no other options as shown in the image below.

My questions are:
1. Can it can be stopped now?
2. Will stopping corrupt the EDB?
3. Is there anything I can do to speed this up or is this slowness normal?
4. General advice, tips, pointers are appreciated..
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HELP - DEFRAG EXCHANGE 2003 SBS DATABASE

Asked by hometech1 in Exchange Email Server

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