Nearly all SharePoint farms I look at show the error:

Drives used for SQL databases are running out of free space

However, this seems to happen even on SharePoint farms where there is tonnes of space. It’s always puzzled me, and it results in many customers simply ignoring the warning, ‘cos they can’t figure out why they’re getting it, and having checked the drives they think they’re fine (and they probably are).

Well Zoltan Kovacs has a very good analysis. It’s well worth a read. Continue reading “Drives used for SQL databases are running out of free space” →