Before I cover considerations and recommended configurations in thin provisioned storage environments it’s important to revisit why defragmentation of Windows operating systems is so important in a virtualized machine and/or virtualized storage environment. The problem is that fragmented data in a local disk file system, [...]
Reviews that speak highly of the products that we put all of our effort into developing are always great to get. But, nothing is more satisfying than winning awards voted on by customers. We're all proud to have been honored once again by the readers of [...]
Much has changed in the data center, and yet much remains the same. There’s greater reliance on storage network systems, and virtualization is leveraging more performance from fewer systems.But at the same time, the majority of server and data center storage remains based on hard [...]
IT Pro, Brad McGehee knows SQL, and writes about it frequently. He's even started several websites and blogs dedicated to SQL. A few years ago, he co-authored a paper with me where I discussed fragmentation of the SQL database files (.mdf, .ldf) commonly referred to as external [...]
I came across a cool "how to" video today. It covers steps to keep a high-end rig running three SSDs in top form. The https://www.sirjamesd.com/ also happens to use HyperFast as part of his toolkit. You can check it out here: https://www.30monitor.com/keeping-your-ssd-running-brilliant/ On another note, while the author is running Diskeeper Pro [...]
Windows IT Pro analyst David Chernicoff just published a new white paper that covers the issues file fragmentation causes on SAN storage. It's titled "Maximize the Performance of your Windows SAN Infrastructure" and you can download it (here). If you don't already have an account [...]
Government Computer News (GCN) just posted a review of the new Diskeeper 2010 product in an article titled "Defragging files without having to do a defrag". The review keyed in on a unique and proprietary innovation that can only be found in Diskeeper; IntellliWrite. IntelliWrite is [...]
When you install Diskeeper or V-locity via Diskeeper Administrator, those installations are preconfigured to then send report and alert data back to that instance of Diskeeper Administrator. However, there are many means by which to install Diskeeper that do not include our central management piece. While you may have [...]
We'll be at TechEd June 6th-10th in New Orleans enjoying cajun cooking and talking up Diskeeper 2010 and the upcoming V-locity 2.0 release. Stop by our booth (#1941)
Diskeeper Administrator can be used to remotely "un-install" Diskeeper from computers, and reclaim the software license to be re-used on another system. However, decommissioning a machine isn't always planned, and even when it is, removing software is not likely part of the process. In such cases, you can still [...]