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-- ME2 On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Sean Martin <[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] > 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
