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Issues with Jet Databases on Compressed Drives

Article ID:318116
Last Review:December 3, 2007
Revision:5.5
This article was previously published under Q318116

SUMMARY

Do not put files that are managed by extensible storage engine (ESENT or ESE) on a compressed drive. Placing a Microsoft Jet database on a compressed drive may cause write-through delays that can cause Jet database corruption.

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To avoid a possible data loss that may be caused by a corrupted database, make sure not to put the following items on a compressed drive. Note that this list includes any Jet-related files such as DIT files, logs, checkpoints, and temporary databases:
Active Directory (NTDS)
File Replication service (FRS)
Windows Internet Name service (WINS)
DHCP
Security Configuration Engine (SCE)
Certificate Server
Terminal Services Session folder
Terminal Services Licensing service
Catalog database
Help and Support Services
Directory Synchronization service (MSDSS)
Remote Storage (RSS)
Phone Book service
Single Instance Store (SIS) Groveler
Windows NT Backup/Restore
Exchange store
Microsoft Exchange folder (SRS and DXA)
Key Management service (KMS)
Instant Messaging
Content Indexing
Note Do not install Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition on a compressed drive unless the drive was compressed with the NTFS file system compression utility. Uncompress a DriveSpace or DoubleSpace volume before running Setup on it. For more information about Jet databases and compressed drives, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
151789 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/151789/) Error -1018 (JET_errReadVerifyFailure)
327772 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327772/) Database Does Not Mount and You receive error 0xfffff05b after you apply Service Pack 3

APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition

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