Agreed. At least Scott (not a Raxco employee) says "I remain cautiously optimistic of the value of guest defragmentation. I think the exchange of small IO for large IO is indisputably a Good Thing. However, virtual environments are very complex and I harbor some concerns about guest defragmentation in virtual environments that must be considered".
And the comments are also a worthwhile read. Dave From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 8:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Defrag VM's I hadn't, and I'm not suggesting it's wrong, but I wish it was somebody besides a company who happens to have a disk de-fragmenting product to sell that came to the conclusion. -sc From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 11:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Defrag VM's Have you guys seen this? http://vpivot.com/2010/04/14/windows-guest-defragmentation-take-two/ David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
