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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=096200818-26052009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I would not try a defrag on a volume with the exchange store
on it while in production. The store is just a couple of large database
files and are not defragmentable except for what you mentioned, eseutil.
As for the other files, surely they are not causing performance problems for
Exchange.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=096200818-26052009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>JKDefrag works well and I have used it on file servers and
workstations with success. Since it runs as a command-line utility it
works very well and is easy to schedule via the Task
Scheduler.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=096200818-26052009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Defragmenting can help in situations where the drive is being
used to do lots of read/write access to the files stored on it like a File
server but since Exchange is like any other database system it houses it's files
in 'containers' and therefore doesn't really benefit from the rest of the drive
being defragmented.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=096200818-26052009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>-Jason</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> discuss-bounces@itdiscuss.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces@itdiscuss.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Stephen W.
Klose<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 26, 2009 1:57 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
discuss@itdiscuss.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [itdiscuss] Exhange
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Are there any issues with running a
file level defrag on drive that also has the Exchange Server
Stor?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I know there is eseutil, but at the
same time, there are other files on the drive that are fragmented and affecting
performance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Here are some links that indicate it
is okay, but I have seen warnings on the subject as
well:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Microsoft Help Article: <A
title=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328804
href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328804">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328804</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Article with user comments: <A
title=http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2004/10/25/247342.aspx
href="http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2004/10/25/247342.aspx">http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2004/10/25/247342.aspx</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Also: Does anyone know of any issues
with jkdefrag? (open source alternative to the windows
defrag)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thanks,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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