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I would suggest using Piriform's Defraggler.<br />
<a href="http://www.piriform.com/defraggler" rel="ugc">http://www.piriform.com/defraggler</a><br />
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It should not hurt anything.
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I would suggest using Piriform's Defraggler.
http://www.piriform.com/defraggler [http://www.piriform.com/defraggler]

It should not hurt anything.

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I have a client with a Lotus Domino 8.x Server that is installed on a server running Windows Server 2003. &nbsp;The hard drive on the server is in need of a defrag. &nbsp;We are mostly an Exchange Server shop, so I'm not as familiar with the maintenance suggestions for a Domino server.<br />
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Do we need to take any precautions with the server before running a disk defrag? I plan to run a full backup prior to the defrag, and stop all Lotus Domino services/databases if necessary. &nbsp;Any suggestions would be great.<br />
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Thanks!
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I have a client with a Lotus Domino 8.x Server that is installed on a server running Windows Server 2003.  The hard drive on the server is in need of a defrag.  We are mostly an Exchange Server shop, so I'm not as familiar with the maintenance suggestions for a Domino server.

Do we need to take any precautions with the server before running a disk defrag? I plan to run a full backup prior to the defrag, and stop all Lotus Domino services/databases if necessary.  Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks!

Running Windows Defrag on a Server Hosting Lotus Domino

Lotus Software produced the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program, and later developed Lotus Notes, a groupware and email system. Following its acquisition by IBM, the Notes and Domino client/server collaborative platform were expanded to include functions such as email, calendars, to-do lists, contacts management, teamrooms, discussion forums, file sharing, microblogging, instant messaging, blogs, and user directories. IBM also release SmartSuite, a comprehensive office suite, and followed that with Symphony, unrelated to the Lotus suite of the same name.

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Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).