Diskeeper on Exchange

[mikedisabled]

Does anyone think its a bad idea to run diskeeper on exchange server 2003?

 

[xmsre]

I think it's a bad idea to run file defragmentation on a running exchange server. So does the MSExchangeTeam

http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2004/10/25/247342.aspx

 

[Zelandakh]

Bad idea. Seconded.

 

[58sniper]

I third it.

Pat Richard
Microsoft Exchange MVP

 

[mikedisabled]

What does that mean? I third it

 

[58sniper]

xmsre said it's a bad idea.
Zelandakh seconded it
I third it.

Using any third party product to defrag an Exchange server is a bad idea. Typically, a properly configured Exchange box will only develop significant fragmentation in the databases. The nightly maintenance will do an online defrag of them. You can do an offline defrag of those, but generally, that's a rare need.

Pat Richard
Microsoft Exchange MVP

 

[godsson1]

i got you, i was asking running diskeeper to defrag the actuall drives...not the store.

 

[chipk]

The problem is running diskeeper on the drive on which the Exchange databases reside. You are not defragging the store itself, but the mdb file, which is not good.

 

[58sniper]

Run Diskeeper on the drives with your stores and kiss them goodbye. Never run a third part defrag tool on Exchange. PERIOD.

Pat Richard
Microsoft Exchange MVP

 

[xmsre]

i got you, i was asking running diskeeper to defrag the actuall drives...not the store.

The stores, and logs, reside on a disk. Don't do it.