If you think about it, one element that benefits everything is not easy to find. A factor that benefits all life forms in nature, for example, would be water. In mechanics, it might be lubricating oil. In building, it might be a measuring tape. It takes a bit of looking, though, to boil things down enough to be that basic.
In the field of computers, the process becomes even more difficult, simply because there is so much specialized activity. Databases, graphics programs, spreadsheets—each has their own particular requirement relating to what will help them perform better. Of course there are the obvious ones such as power, but beyond that, what one tool could benefit all applications being run?
One basic barrier to performance across an entire system is file fragmentation. If not properly addressed, fragmentation fractures every file and free space into pieces, causing extra I/O traffic for every file accessed. Not only is performance—and therefore company productivity—heavily affected, but so is hardware reliability; the toll taken on hard drives can mean shortening drive life by 50 percent or more.
The key word in the address of fragmentation, especially today, is "properly." There are certainly improper ways to address fragmentation, such as with scheduled defragmentation. Because so many systems and applications must remain up and running 24X7, there is little time for such scheduling. And in between the defrag runs that can be scheduled, fragmentation continues to be a serious problem.
Many enterprises the world over have found that effective handling of file fragmentation begins—and ends—with Diskeeper® data performance software. Once installed, fragmentation is never again an issue, and system performance and reliability are maximized from there on out. Diskeeper2011goes beyond defrag with key technologies to give optimum system performance and reliability.
Efficient Mode new in Diskeeper 2011 minimizes the time and resources used by Diskeeper to restore and maintain peak performance and reliability. New Efficient Mode is smart enough to detect fragmentation that is a problem and targets it for priority handling. The software further contains two unique technologies closely married together to achieve the ultimate in system performance: IntelliWrite® technology to prevent over 90% of fragmentation before it ever happens—an industry first—and New Instant Defrag™ which understands how files are used and immediately defrags the ones that will be used right now.
The proper way to address today's fragmentation is to prevent it before it even happens.
If there is one tool that benefits all applications—it is certainly Diskeeper 2011.
Contacts:
Diskeeper Corporation
Colleen Toumayan
800-829-6468
ctoumayan@diskeeper.com