Exchang server

Have you tried re-running the Optimizer and telling it not to spread the files around? You might also try setting up another server in the same site, moving all the data to that server, then moving it back.

Spreading the files around is the primary purpose of the Optimizer. Unfortunately, it can't tell the difference between physical disks and partitions, and spreading it across partitions of the same physical disk makes it perform worse, not better. You don't say which version of Exchange you have, but there should have been a warning message about that before it ran.

Good fortune,
Don

From a design point, you usually do NOT want both your database and your transaction logs to be in the same place because if the drive fails, you will lose everything since the last backup.

However, you can put the files the way you want by re-running the Exchange Optimizer and NOT accepting it's decision (i.e. manually enter a path for each type of file).

This can also be done manually by physically moving the files and manually editing the registry, but you really don't want to do that if you don't have to because the chance of errors is high and could result in a corrupted database.

paul

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