out of space on NT4 partition need advice

[solun]

NT4 box Dell PowerEdge 1300 with 9.1 GB drive in two partitions: c: = 5GB, d: = 4 GB. c: is full and I need to do something... Dell service tag BV7Z30B if you're curious.

To fix today: I'm going to make all the logs stop logging and try to move one of the dbs on the server to the d:, however, I don't think I'll be able to do that.

To fix this weekend: Buy another drive or repartition this drive?

What do I buy?? Should I get another 9.1 GB SCSI and don't partition it? Do I upgrade to Win2K pro? Do I get a modern 80 GB drive? Are there partition size limits on NT4?

It's been a while since I worked with NT4 so please explain in detail.

Thank you very much!

Heidi
hij@blossburg.org

 

[Spirit]

How did you manage to fill the c:? run something like treesizepro up against

http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/index.shtml

This will show you where your space is going. If something is out of control then it will only fill the next drive too.

Whats this server used for will decide on which drive to buy, without knowing facts.

Is your pagesize still on the c:? ifso move it. What apps / components can you uninstall?

Good luck,
Iain

 

[solun]

Thanks, Iain.

What I did to keep it going until I get proper approval for purchases: deleted unnecessary software (frontpage, outlook, accessories, other gunk), ran chkdsk c:/f. I couldn't remember how to move or change the size of the pagefile... could you remind me?

The server is simply used for a library circulation db. It's not out of control, so a bigger drive will keep the system going for several more years. The library's system is just neglected.

We're considering a 36GB SCSI drive.

More advice welcome!

Heidi

Heidi I. Jones
Ridgerunner Consulting
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http://www.ridgerunnerconsulting.com

 

[wolluf]

System properties, perfomance tab, Virtual memory 'change' button to move pagefile.

Is NT installed on C:? (because its 5GB - max size install partition is 4GB, unless you create the partition before you start the install).

4Gb is plenty of space for NT server if you have other filestore available to install apps and store data. Have you run tree size? There's a freeware app here

http://www.lpacomputers.telinco.co.uk/ddsetup.zip

if you need it - but you need to analyse what's eaten your disk space (like how big is libary db - is it on the system drive - doesn't need to be - can you compact it - eg, if access db)

If you install a second drive, you could look at a partitioning tool (Acronis Partition expert is inexpensive and works with NT server - unlike Partition Magic) to combine the 4 & 5 GB partition into one system partition. But unless thr library db has grown enormous (and can't be compacted), I think housekeeping is what you need, rather than more space.