diskeeper on SQL server and Exchange servers?

[groovin]

is it ok to run diskeeper on SQL and Exchange volumes? i know they have their own utils to defrag/optimize their databases, but otherwise i didnt know if a 3rd party tool is advisable to run. Thanks

 

[Thor86]

The only effective way is off-line defragmentation and database shrinking.

Running defrag on production systems with live DBs are useless because any I/O would cause them to not do anything with the file fragments.

 

[groovin]

thanks for the reply...

gotcha.. ill just have defrag going on non database drives.

 

[spyordie007]

Why are you running diskkeeper on these servers anyways? You shouldnt need to regularily do any defragmentation of them.

 

[groovin]

im not running diskeeper on them. i have some licenses lying around i thought i could use.