Didn't you get all the replies this thread received? If you are using Windows 2003 and up, just script it? Free... Do you (as in, you more than the rest of the world) really need something better? I know LOTS of shops that don't even do this, and in some cases it can be disastrous. Defrag a drive with a large exchange db on it, let me know how the clients feel about that for the days it could run for.
From: Sean Martin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 2:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: 3rd Party Defrag Utilities Nothing eh? I was sure this would stir up some opinions.... - Sean On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Sean Martin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Good morning/afternoon! I wanted to get some feedback from you all regarding the use of 3rd party Defrag utilities. We've used Diskkeeper for as long as I can remember (from NT4, Win2000, etc.) We're all Windows 2003 with a few Windows 2008 servers in production and more on the way. One of my fellow analysts is working on upgrading Diskkeeper to the latest version and I threw out the question of whether we even need it, or more importantly, why do we install it on every single server? I can see the benefit on large file repositories that would be subject to fragmentation, but it's part of our standard build process so EVERY server has it installed (SQL, App, IIS, etc.). We do use the scheduling features so defragmentation only occurs during off-hours, but I still can't help but think it's a resource hog regardless of when defragmentation is running. Not to mention we've seen countless occurrences where the defragementation policies weren't applied correctly so the process would execute at any time. Anyway, we have several hundred servers so if anything we could be looking at signficant cost savings if we were a little more analytical in our approach. What servers would you recommend a 3rd party defrag utility be installed on? - Sean ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
