Improvements in these two versions: When the CHKDSK option is selected in
the boot-time defragmentation dialog box, it is now only run once before the
boot-time defragmentation process, greatly speeding up the entire operation.
Diskeeper 4 Build 202 (Intel Only) is for Diskeeper 4.0 workstation and/or
server owners.
Diskeeper 3.0 Build 178 (Intel Only) is for Diskeeper 3.0 workstation
and/or server owners.
If you have not upgraded from 3.0 to Diskeeper 4.0, try it now to check out
the latest in increased speed and performance. If you want to try Diskeeper
4 (build 202) go to http://www.diskeeper.com/trialware/dkguest.htm
Diskeeper's latest feature, released with Diskeeper 4.0, is paging file
defragmentation. The Paging File in Windows NT serves as virtual memory
space on the disk, and is used to swap pages to and from memory to
supplement the use of physical RAM. However, because access to disk-based "memory"
is measured in milliseconds and physical RAM in nanoseconds, the paging file is
100,000 times slower than RAM and can become the most important performance bottleneck
on a Windows NT system. In addition, a paging file that is fragmented into multiple
fragments - due to being dynamically extended and reduced in size - can greatly
increase the amount of disk I/Os needed and significantly slow down the opening
and closing of applications. Defragmenting the paging file into a single location
not only speeds up paging performance, but provides more consolidated free space
for Diskeeper to defragment the whole system.
This new feature enhances Diskeeper's position as the leading provider of
Windows NT defragmentation technology. Diskeeper already has
"defragmentation exclusives", such as Directory File Consolidation, unique
and simple network controls, and its hallmark "Set It and Forget It"
functionality.
How does this popular feature work?
The original idea was imported from our Diskeeper version for Digital's
OpenVMS operating system. Not only was Diskeeper the first on-line
defragmenter for OpenVMS (as it was for NT), it was also the first to
offer "Set It and Forget It" functionality. Once scheduled, Diskeeper
would defragment unsupervised from there on out. This stemmed from the
original design goals for Diskeeper, as stated by Craig Jensen,
Diskeeper's original designer: "Regardless of how much a defragmenter
increases system performance, the System Manager has no need or desire
for the added problem of figuring out how to run the defragmenter and
taking time to baby-sit it. Accordingly, one of the primary design
goals of Diskeeper was for it to do its job with little or no
intervention by a human operator."
Diskeeper for Windows NT carries this same goal forward by offering a
number of options for scheduled defragmentation, making it easy to
defragment a single workstation or a complex, thousand-plus-machine
network. You can specify the interval (how often to run), on which
days (including options for "everyday", "weekdays", and "weekends")
and
beginning and ending times. Since most Windows NT disks are
partitioned, Diskeeper will allow you to set different schedules for
different partitions, or defragment several partitions under a single
schedule. Multiple defragmentation jobs can be run at the same time on
separate partitions.
By default, "Set It and Forget It" defragmentation operates at "Lowest"
Windows NT priority, so as to have a minimal impact on other tasks
running at the same time. As an option, you can change the run priority
if you like.
For networks, using Diskeeper server version, you can set up such
schedules for each partition on every remote computer attached to the
network - right from your system console. You can even schedule groups
of computers at once. (Note: remote computers must be licensed with
Diskeeper Workstation version).
Once Diskeeper is scheduled, you can forget about it. It will
defragment all partitions at their scheduled times, operating in the
background, whether or not you are logged into those machines.
If you haven't purchased the full version of Diskeeper, do yourself the
favor of doing so now. Discover just how much relief "Set It and Forget
It" can be. No longer will you have to remember to defragment, and no
longer will you have to manually operate a defragmenter every time, on
each machine.
Buy Diskeeper 4.0 for all your Windows NT systems today! Contact your local reseller,
or order direct.
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