Hello Daneil; Daniel Ivey wrote:
I am relatively new to Imail, just setting it up about a month ago.
Welcome to Imail :-)
I haveWHO did you speak with???
been reading about using Diskkeeper on the Imail server and was wondering
how many other users use it and how often? When I spoke with a Tech Support
representative, he said that it really doesn't matter and that as long as I
wasn't having any problems, to leave well enough alone.
They are terribly wonrg. Do not ever let anyone tell you that you should leave well enough alone
when it comes to your hard drive, Unless you get them to put it in writing that if you take
there advice, and if the hard drive messes up they will replace it!! A hard drive in order for it to function properly, it must have all data stores in it's proper place.
When A Hard drive is constantly sending and receiving information, the information on the hard drive.
Starts to be thrown all over the drive, Which in times starts to slow down the computer.
This is called "Fragmented" When this happens, It takes more system resources to to find the information
on the Disk, and slows down your computer. This in return starts to put a strain on your hard drive, And can
cause your hard drive to become "unstable"
He also mentionedHe is wrong again, This guy needs to find another perfession to go into :-)
that I should stop all processes if I decided to run Diskkeeper. Just
wondering what settings everyone else uses and how it works for you.
Diskeeper is a stable environment. You can run Diskeeper while all your programs are running.
The Diskeeper Company made this software mainly for Windows Servers. Mainly the NT 4 Server
because NT 4 does not come with it's own Disk Defragmentor.
It is designed to run on schelued times to keep your hard drive clean, even when your Web, Mail or FTP
server is being havily hit by visitors.
This software is a very robust software, And I think you will enjoy it, We have been using it very several years now.
Depending on how much volume that you have going thru your system as a given time, on what you set the
the sceduler up for.
Some people in here run there Diskeeper every day, These are people that have allot of traffic in and out.
If you have minimum traffic then you can set it up to run "twice" a week.
If you have moderate traffic, you can set it up to run "once" a week.
Hope this gives you the information that you need to get your Diskeeper up and going.
And try to get ahold of another Tech person the next time you call tech support.
Because the one that you spoke too, does not know what he is talking about
Take Care
Wayne
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