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2003 Exchange Server Drive is filling up quick
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Just started at a new company and I just went into the Exchange server and was horrified to see that we only have 5GB free on a 165GB RAID 5 drive that holds our priv files. From my understanding of offline defrag and past experiences we had to have 110% left to do it which leaves that option off the table, am I right on this? Can I use network drives or plug in a standalone drive to do the defrag? Not feeling good about this one, anybody have any advice?
Thanks!
Just started at a new company and I just went into the Exchange server and was horrified to see that we only have 5GB free on a 165GB RAID 5 drive that holds our priv files. From my understanding of offline defrag and past experiences we had to have 110% left to do it which leaves that option off the table, am I right on this? Can I use network drives or plug in a standalone drive to do the defrag? Not feeling good about this one, anybody have any advice?
Thanks!
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We ended up making a new storage area then moving them in, then deleting the old on e to get back the space per microsoft support.
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Logging is cool and we have circular on. The server has been on for several years and they had a bunch of turnover so I think we have a bunch of space being held up by old mailboxes. That was why I thought an offline defrag would do the trick.
I just never did it on such a bogged down drive so I am not sure how to proceed safely.