Over the last several months there has been significant chatter around what is background database maintenance and why is it important for Exchange 2010 databases. Hopefully this article will answe...
Updated Jul 01, 2019
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"If you plan to store multiple databases on the same LUN or volume, ensure that the aggregate size of all the databases does not exceed 2 TB. This is because database maintenance is throttled by serializing based on the number of databases/volume and assumes that the aggregate size is not greater than 2 TB."
This is the first time I’ve seen this requirement. I plan to have 3-4 TB of databases on a single LUN. What will happen once I do? Will database maintenance always be incorrectly throttled, resulting in it rarely completing? Is there a way to override the 2 TB setting?
If this is a requirement when designing storage architecture, could you have it added to the Mailbox Server Storage Design documentation?
thanks