XADM: NTFS Compressed Volume Causes Store to Fail

ID: Q170009

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5

SYMPTOMS

On a compressed NTFS partition, the Microsoft Exchange Server information store, may get corrupted when its size reaches about 4 gigabytes (GB). This can cause failure of the information store.

MORE INFORMATION

A compressed NTFS partition can adversely affect the Microsoft Exchange Server by causing one or more of the following problems:

High CPU utilization.

Enumeration of large NTFS directory may take a long time.

Degradation of NTAS server with NTFS partition that includes many Files.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q128447 Enumeration of Large NTFS Directory Takes a Long Time

Q130839 NTFS Performance Problem with Many Files

Keywords : XADM
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb