A few select Diskeeper Corporation enterprise customers have received Diskeeper 2007 for Vista. The primary reason for the delayed release is due to subtle changes in the Master File Table (MFT). We've addressed these but are being very cautious and testing this heavily (bootime defragmentation). [...]
One of the frequent questions our staff are asked is whether Diskeeper for Windows x64 operating systems (AMD64/EM64T - CPUs) is native or compatible? By compatible, that of course means it runs in 32 bit mode; native referring to it running in 64 bit mode. [...]
If you're reading this blog, chances are you've already heard that Vista is code complete. The RTM (release to manufacturing) version has already been delivered to select Microsoft customers as well as OEM manufacturers that build PCs. I talked with some Microsoft enterprise license customers [...]
Fsutil, allows you to to adjust the max size for the reserved zone. example: fsutil behavior set mftzone 4 The values range between 1 through 4, with each equally 12.5% of the volume. E.g. a setting of 4 = 50% of the volume. There are [...]
The Master File Table (MFT) is perhaps the best known metadata file in an NTFS file system. Essentially it works as a "table of contents" for all the files on your volume describing attributes such as file name or the location of the file extents [...]
This is brief update. Diskeeper 2007 uses Windows system counters to enhance awareness of other activties on the system. The Idle Resource Graph (also known as the InvisiTasking graph) requires access to performance counters, which are enabled by default on Windows 2000+ systems. A skillfull [...]
One of the topics that a reader requested to be covered in the Diskeeper blog was "what makes I-FAAST different than other file placement/sequencing strategies available on the market?" Don't let the title of this entry mislead you, as this blog entry is not intended [...]
Windows operating systems include performance monitoring. The information collected by specific counters can be used by applications to make informed decisions. Diskeeper has been using certain counters for several versions, and leverages this information significantly in v2007. There are seperate counters for your major componenets; [...]
With Diskeeper 2007's introduction of real-time file system performance, some understandable questions arise or are reborn. Exactly how "Johnny on the spot" is Diskeeper about file fragmentation and free space consolidation? Or for that matter, I-FAAST file sequencing or directory consolidation? A concern might be [...]
If you're reading this blog you probably have a good idea of what InvisiTasking is and what it does already. If not, you can read some of the earlier blogs on that subject for review, or check out an interview I did on Let's Talk [...]