Defragging while FM Server running

[KnoxIan]

Would it be a bad idea to defragment a Windows Server 2003 drive while FM Server is actively running on it?

[Ender]

Yes.

[KnoxIan]

I thought perhaps it might be. Is there a way to automate the File Maintenance functions on hosted databases?

[Steven H. Blackwell]

No, it would be fatal.

Steven

[gdurniak]

FileMaker Server works thru the commmand line, so you could get fancy & schedule Batch Files to automate the shutting of databases for "maintenance"

But, I've never seen a dramatic performance gain from compacting, or defragmenting. It might not be worth it

and yes, a common feature request is that server might one day allow you to schedule filemaker's various utilities

greg

[KnoxIan]

Thanks. I'll just shut 'em down manually and defrag once a month or so.

[DykstrL]

We use Diskeeper on our FM servers on WS 2003 and it works fine - no problems. Just set it to run when the machine is idle.

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Be sure to stop the FileMaker Server service before doing this.

Steven

[El_Pablo]

Do you know where I can get the list of the available commands for FMS 8?

Thank you

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Do you know where I can get the list of the available commands for FMS 8?

IIRC, they are in the Server Admin Guide that comes with the product. There are a few OS level ones beyond that.

Steven