Comments on: Diskeeper: your invisible friend http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2008/02/15/diskeeper-your-invisible-friend/ The small business blog of SmallBizPod - inspiration and practical advice for entrepreneurs Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:51:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: David Tebbutt http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2008/02/15/diskeeper-your-invisible-friend/#comment-117672 David Tebbutt Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:59:21 +0000 http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2008/02/15/diskeeper-your-invisible-friend/#comment-117672 Thanks for the additional remarks Cromwell. I should have thought about the wear and tear angle myself. Thanks for the additional remarks Cromwell. I should have thought about the wear and tear angle myself.

]]> By: Cromwell http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2008/02/15/diskeeper-your-invisible-friend/#comment-117658 Cromwell Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:04:24 +0000 http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2008/02/15/diskeeper-your-invisible-friend/#comment-117658 Yes, a well defragmented drive is a happy drive. Heavy fragmentation can lead to a decrease in system performance, premature drive failure due to excessive drive workload (increased hardware replacement costs) etc. A good automatic defragmenter can solve these problems by keeping the disks optimized in the background without user/admin intervention. The workload on the IT personnel is decreased, yet the systems are in great shape- more efficient and effective than manual or scheduled defrag operations. Yes, a well defragmented drive is a happy drive. Heavy fragmentation can lead to a decrease in system performance, premature drive failure due to excessive drive workload (increased hardware replacement costs) etc. A good automatic defragmenter can solve these problems by keeping the disks optimized in the background without user/admin intervention. The workload on the IT personnel is decreased, yet the systems are in great shape- more efficient and effective than manual or scheduled defrag operations.

]]> By: David Tebbutt http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2008/02/15/diskeeper-your-invisible-friend/#comment-117293 David Tebbutt Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:44:19 +0000 http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2008/02/15/diskeeper-your-invisible-friend/#comment-117293 Thanks for the info' Joe. Thanks for the info’ Joe.

]]> By: Joe Abusamra http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2008/02/15/diskeeper-your-invisible-friend/#comment-117262 Joe Abusamra Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:19:25 +0000 http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2008/02/15/diskeeper-your-invisible-friend/#comment-117262 Hi David, Interesting post. Just wanted to make you aware of another option in this category - PerfectDisk 2008 from Raxco Software. It also servese enterprise, SMBs and home users around the world. A few points that readers might be interested in include: - PerfectDisk 2008 allows background defragmentation OR scheduled defragmentation, and many businesses do prefer having the ability to schedule at certain times - PerfectDisk 2008 provides complete, single-pass defragmentation AND free space consolidation - PerfectDisk 2008 defragments all NTFS metadata files (e.g. $bitmap, etc.) that no other defragmenter does. An interesting (independent) comparison of all defragmenters was conducted by Donn Edwards -- The Great Defrag Shootout at http://donnedwards.openaccess.co.za/. Thanks, Joe Abusamra Vice President of Operations Raxco Software, Inc. www.raxco.com Hi David,

Interesting post. Just wanted to make you aware of another option in this category - PerfectDisk 2008 from Raxco Software. It also servese enterprise, SMBs and home users around the world. A few points that readers might be interested in include:

- PerfectDisk 2008 allows background defragmentation OR scheduled defragmentation, and many businesses do prefer having the ability to schedule at certain times
- PerfectDisk 2008 provides complete, single-pass defragmentation AND free space consolidation
- PerfectDisk 2008 defragments all NTFS metadata files (e.g. $bitmap, etc.) that no other defragmenter does.

An interesting (independent) comparison of all defragmenters was conducted by Donn Edwards — The Great Defrag Shootout at http://donnedwards.openaccess.co.za/.

Thanks,
Joe Abusamra
Vice President of Operations
Raxco Software, Inc.
http://www.raxco.com

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