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I am running 2000 SBS and the exchange 2000 mail database has expanded past the 16 GB limit. &nbsp;I increased it to 17 GB via registry changes, and that helped. &nbsp;I have had the users delete gigs of mail, but of course this won't actually help until I defreg the store. <br />
So, I need to do an off-line defrag, but do not have enough Free drive space.<br />
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Can I send the re-written copy to NAS (like my Snapserver) and then copy it back to the 2000 Server?<br />
I read somewhere thet you can copy the store to another server and run the defrag from there. Is this true?<br />
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What would be the best solution to this problem? <br />

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I am running 2000 SBS and the exchange 2000 mail database has expanded past the 16 GB limit.  I increased it to 17 GB via registry changes, and that helped.  I have had the users delete gigs of mail, but of course this won't actually help until I defreg the store. 
So, I need to do an off-line defrag, but do not have enough Free drive space.

Can I send the re-written copy to NAS (like my Snapserver) and then copy it back to the 2000 Server?
I read somewhere thet you can copy the store to another server and run the defrag from there. Is this true?

What would be the best solution to this problem? 


Need to run Exchange server 2000 offline defrag but disk space is too low.

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