Re: Disk Space - Notes Mail Question - how to regain disk space

I have never run RCLSTG but was told all 400 shops should do so periodically.
No one could tell me why.




thomas@inorbit.com on 01/16/2002 12:28:02 AM

Please respond to midrange-l@midrange.com

To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
cc:    (bcc: Gail L Crane/Johanson/JMC)

Subject:  Re: Disk Space - Notes Mail Question - how to regain disk space



On Tue, 15 January 2002, gcrane@johansonmfg.com wrote:

> I have had an number of people 'archive' their Notes mail to their local
drives.
>  I run "compact -S 10" every night in Notes.  Will this just compress the file
> on the 400
> or will it free up disk space.   Will I be forced to do a reclaim storage in
> order to regain disk space?

Though I can't say that RCLSTG (reclaim storage) will not regain some disk
space, I'd be upset to learn that it was useful on a regular basis for Notes
storage. RCLSTG is an extreme measure to be used only when necessary.

I think IBM made a mistake when naming this command. It seems too many people
get the idea that it's actually useful on a regular basis such as weekly. In my
experience, if a site finds regular RCLSTG to be useful, there is is something
going very wrong in the system.

Tom Liotta

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Tom Liotta
The PowerTech Group, Inc.
19426 68th Avenue South
Kent, WA 98032
Phone  253-872-7788
Fax  253-872-7904
http://www.400Security.com


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