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i would say its probably not worth it, unless your paranoid about space but to perform the defrag you will needs 110% free space. This is because the defrag process creates a new EDB file taking the needed pages and leaving the white space behind.
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i would say its probably not worth it, unless your paranoid about space but to perform the defrag you will needs 110% free space. This is because the defrag process creates a new EDB file taking the needed pages and leaving the white space behind.

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I have enough free space , it's not a problem . <br />
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I just want to perform any thing that helps maintaining this mail-store error free.<br />
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So based on what you say , it's okay to leave the Mail-store as it is now. <br />
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There is no errors , and I usually run base line analyzer to make sure there is no outstanding issues . <br />
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I have enough free space , it's not a problem .

I just want to perform any thing that helps maintaining this mail-store error free.

So based on what you say , it's okay to leave the Mail-store as it is now.

There is no errors , and I usually run base line analyzer to make sure there is no outstanding issues .



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No errors no problem, forgot to say the process of reclaiming white space is an offline defrag so the mailstore is unavailable during the process.
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No errors no problem, forgot to say the process of reclaiming white space is an offline defrag so the mailstore is unavailable during the process.

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so .. when do you think this defrag process needs to happen ?
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so .. when do you think this defrag process needs to happen ?

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Folks , couple of question ; our exchange server is 2010 SP1 ; running smoothly for about a year. <br />
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Mail-Store is almost 114 GB with about 50 GB of white space. <br />
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Is it required to perform a defrag ? I just don't want to perform a risky maintenance . <br />
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If yes , do you have a document about performing DSUTIL in 2010 SP1 environment ?( step-by-step?)<br />
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Thanks 
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Folks , couple of question ; our exchange server is 2010 SP1 ; running smoothly for about a year. 

Mail-Store is almost 114 GB with about 50 GB of white space. 

Is it required to perform a defrag ? I just don't want to perform a risky maintenance . 

If yes , do you have a document about performing DSUTIL in 2010 SP1 environment ?( step-by-step?)
 
Thanks 

is it really required to defrag exchange Mailstores in 2010 SP1

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