Need to Slim Down Exchange Server
I have two large Exchange servers in a DAG they are almost 3TB each. I need to slim them down and keep them up at the same time. We have a new SAN installed so I have room to move things around now. I was looking for a game plan to do this. If I copy boxes to a new database I would also see the benefit of new database with less white space but wanted to get some thoughts from all of you.
Thanks in advance
George
Thanks in advance
George
Ciprian Lozonschi
Hi, "3TB each" you are referring to DB size ? What you want to archive: decreasing DB size ?
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No the entire server is 3TB the largest DB is 300+ GIG. There was no policy set when this system was setup so everything is unrestricted and some users have 20+ GIG mailboxes. So now I am pushing the walls so to speak. I would like to put in an archive database and limit everyone to 5 gig with a 5 gig archive and limit the archive DB and then have the mail go to our permeate archive in the cloud with McAfee.
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First I would say, before starting to do all this is to talk with management and get approvals for all this. Bembi suggestions are like a general guidelines, usually each environment is unique with their constraints. After approval you will be covered and nobody will point your finger at you as the "bad" guy. After this set several quota levels and based on this move the users in new DB's. Communicate all the changes to the users as definitely will be some angry ones.
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Thank you for the advice. At this point I am more interested in forming a plan to get this done. End user concern as well as upper management is not an issue at this point.
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
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