Diskeeper 2008 HomeServer is here!

As those who have followed this blog already know we formed a marketing partnership early on with Microsoft on their exciting new Windows Home Server (WHS) product. While both Microsoft and Diskeeper have had OEM versions of software available earlier this year (Diskeeper 2007 HomeServer [...]

2022-03-30T14:08:44-04:00General|0 Comments

DCOM and RPC

when we removed the use of DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) which added a layer of complexity over RPC. DCOM requires that all routers and firewalls be specially configured to deal with dynamic assignment of TCP ports. That and security considerations, have basically proved to [...]

2007-11-01T14:51:00-04:00General|0 Comments

Windows Server 2008 Support

Diskeeper 2008 Server and EnterpriseServer currently install and, for the most part, work on Windows Server 2008 operating systems. The only feature in Diskeeper currently not supported is Bootime Defragmentation, which is currently being worked on. You can grab the trialware from Diskeeper.com to test. [...]

2007-10-31T20:26:00-04:00General|0 Comments

Optimizing Your SQL Server’s I/O Performance

Many IT professionals who purchase Diskeeper originally begin evaluating the product after they experience issue they determine stem from badly fragmented disks. It starts out that something breaks, or simply slows to a crawl (e.g. SQL Server). As they investigate they use systems management and [...]

2022-01-19T18:55:11-05:00General|0 Comments

Diskeeper 2008 Technical Review

If you use/game on a high-end professional workstation or gaming rig, you might find the the technical review I mentioned in a recent entry of interest. It is now live on the 3dprofessor website. You can read the review here (old link https://www.3dprofessor.org/Reviews%20Folder%20Pages/Diskeeper2008/Diskeeper2008P1.htm). As part [...]

2022-03-30T14:33:59-04:00General|0 Comments