SBS Wins 2008 installs sharepoint it takes up 20GB even when no one uses it. How to reduce the size of server install.

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An SBS server for one of my clients is constantly filling up with IIS logs and now 20GB Sharepoint logs (they don’t use IIS but it was running), update WWUS files for the client computers and share point files (I just found out) and no one uses that either. The drive recommendation at one point in time was 60GB and a good friend of mine who sets up servers recommended this size, set up the server and it has been running for some time now. The is annoyingly the 3rd time I have done drastic steps to reduce the size. Lets see if this one lasts.

Reduce size by:

  • installing apps on another drive (Program Files) upon install
  • turn off IIS logs
  • move your WSUS data to another drive (lots of links for that one on google)
  • move your sharepoint dB files!!!
  • don’t recommend windows without a yearly service agreement if your a consultant or don’t work for non-profits as an IT person if you have a bleeding heart

How I found large files the upshot is the linked article below helped get rid of a 20GB sharepoint log file …First , there is a GREAT tool called WinDirStat and it is a visual tool to boot. BUT RUN IT IN ADMIN mode or it misses 1/2 the files. So right mouse click on it and run as an administrator.

Well, it turns out that a sharepoint log database file is on c:\windows\SYSMSI\SSEE…sharepoint…._log.ldf . Here is a super link on how to disconnect, move and reconnect it on another drive. Remember – log in as administrator!