Re: Low Disk Space on SBS 2003 SP2

Hi Larry,

Thanks for this response. I would very much appreciate your document. I
have reviewed a number of posts on the topic of low disk space. Just to open
a whole new can of worms - I have also learned that circular logging for
Exchange is enabled on this server - not a recommended practice.

My objective is to implement best practices for this server. As soon as we
free up some space, I propose to run the SBS Best Practices Analyzer against
it to see if it can identify any areas for improvement. We may end up using
something like the Acronis Disk Director 10 Server to resize our partitions
to more appropriate capacities. I know when we deploy new SBS 2003 servers,
our standard practice is to allow at least 40-50 GB for the system partition.
I imagine that number may increase for SBS 2008.

I look forward to seeing what recommendations you or your document might
offer.

Cheers,
Dave

"Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

Hi Dave:

15 GB is manageable, but requires some work. You can search this group for
disk space and the like and find some prior posts on the subject. I have a
document that I will have access to on Friday that I will post up for you.

The folders most often found on the system drive that can be moved are
exchange data bases, log files, user shared folders, and windows uninstall
folders. All of which do not have to reside on the system partition.

Post back if you want the doc I have on this subject, or someone else may
chip in tonight.

--Larry

"Dave2U" <Dave2U@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We have a SBS 2003 server that is running low on disk space on the C:\
partition. The server is configured as follows:

C:\ 15 GB Total - 75 MB Free Space [Windows Program Files]
D:\ 50 GB Total - 19 GB Free Space [Downloads and Source CDs]
E:\ 158 GB Total - 57 GB Free Space [Shared Documents, Client Apps,
Exchange, SQL Server]

The largest files on the C:\ partition appear to be logfiles located in
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\LogFiles\W3SVC1 at 2.94GB. These log files take the
form
exyymmdd.log and are titled "Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0".

On July 12 2008, I created a new "Log Files" folder on the E:\ partition
and
using the IIS MMC redirected the log files for the default web site to the
new folder. New logs are now being added to this new folder while the
same
folder on the C:\ partition has stopped growing.

My question is this - have I taken the right approach? I'm not certain
what
these log files are used for but they appear to replicate Exchange
transaction logs. Have I corrupted them by moving them in the manner
described. What harm would come from deleting them, or moving them
entirely
to the D:\ partition?

.

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