Pixel IT - Diskeeper 2010 - Automatic Defrag Optimising PC & Server Performance

Maximising Performance & Reliability - Automatically.

Diskeeper with InvisiTasking™ defrags in real-time, invisibly in the background providing zero resource conflict. Intelligently monitoring and utilising only idle system resources, while users continue to work. With fragmentation completely eliminated, your performance flies. Systems are maintained at peak performance and reliability - Automatically!

Diskeeper - Overview & Testimonials (1:25)

Diskeeper on Solid-State Drives (1:50)

Every computer suffers from file fragmentation. Slow server performance and reliability problems are tell tale signs of fragmentation. Using Diskeeper's revolutionary InvisiTasking, automatic defrag operations now take place "on the fly", in real time, as fragmentation occurs.

Now you can defrag hard drive files without clumsy or long maintenance processes.

This means no performance lapses are ever caused by fragmentation related build-ups. Diskeeper gives the user maximum system performance, speed and reliability at all times. Computer reliability fragmentation is never an issue.

The innovative design allows Diskeeper to pinpoint frequently used files and speed access to them. Other features include a file protection so you don't need to defrag disk corrosion on critical files in the future. Slow computer fragmentation of necessary files is completely stopped.

Diskeeper introduces the most powerful disk defragmentation engines ever developed. Even on systems with as little as 1% free space available, Diskeeper can restore server performance and reliability. New engines handle crippling levels of file fragmentation, numbering in the millions. The program can enhance the file system performance on large enterprise sites with massive server traffic.

Diskeeper is the most intelligent real time defragmenter ever built. Automatic file system performance soars once this ground-breaking defragment software is installed.

Certified For Windows Server 2008 Certified For Windows Vista

Professional		Pro Premier		Server		Enterprise Server		Administrator
Saves costs and reduces Help Desk traffic by automatically enhancing the performance of desktops, laptops and workstations.		Provides advanced defragmentation technology to meet the needs of high-end workstations.		Optimises reliability & speed, boosting server performance and reducing downtime.		Revolutionary technology to provide fast, thorough, automatic, defragmentation of enterprise-level and mission-critical servers.		Provides complete centralised management of Diskeeper across your entire network.

Your systems will run better, faster and more reliably with Diskeeper installed - period!

The following table presents the findings of a before and after test scenario concerning the performance benefits realised by the Diskeeper Technology (the complete technical whitepaper is available here).

Common Features In Each Edition

IntelliWrite™ fragmentation prevention technology - IntelliWrite prevents up to 85% of the fragmentation every system suffers from. It intelligently writes contiguous files to the disk so server resources are not wasted creating fragmentation. The results? A whole new level of server speed and efficiency.

InvisiTasking® - InvisiTasking is the foundation for Diskeeper to eliminate fragmentation in real time without affecting system resources or intruding on system demands.

Real-time defrag automatically handles fragmentation as it occurs, providing maximum PC and Server performance at all times!

I-FAAST - (Intelligent File Access Acceleration Sequencing Technology) automatically boosts access speeds for the most commonly used files.

Complete file and free space defrag in the most extreme of conditions, even if your systems have only a one or two percent of free space left available or a file in millions of fragments, can restore lost performance and save the applications reliant on those files from major reliability failures. Enhancing file-write performance.

Native 64 bit operating systems support.

BOOT-TIME DEFRAG MODE safely performs Microsoft®-recommended defragmentation of critical system files.

"Defragmentation Intelligence" enhancements - Diskeeper's logic controller detects various volume and system conditions. Choosing the most effective algorithm to deliver performance benefits faster and more efficiently.

Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Compatibility mode - affords you the ability to leverage the data protection of VSS and the performance and reliability of automatic defragmentation.

The Dashboard - an easy-to-use consol, displays real-time details about automatic defragmentation, the health of your volumes, the idle resources being used to accelerate volume performance, and other useful defragmentation information.

Automatic online directory consolidation boosts antivirus scans and back-up speed.

Unique Features

Terabyte Volume Engine (TVE)¹ - The only defrag technology with the necessary horsepower to eliminate the rapid fragmentation build-up that occurs in high-traffic volumes that handles millions of files.

TVE was uniquely developed for the highest capacity servers. The greater the number of files and fragments on a volume, the more dramatic TVE's benefits will be. Nothing compares to TVE's ability to eliminate enterprise level fragmentation. In a class of its own, TVE makes real-time enterprise server defragmentation a fact.

TVE gets more done in the same amount of time. If your systems are fragmenting at a such a rapid rate that you don't have any resources to defrag, this is EXACTLY where the TVE fits in.

Titan Defrag Engine² - The most powerful defragmentation engine ever built. Starting at 100Gb, it easily handles files fragmented into millions of pieces and volumes up to 20Tb and more.

¹Available with Standard Server and Pro Premier Edition

²Only available with Enterprise Server Edition

Administrator Console Features

Improved Large Networks Support: Diskeeper Administrator edition performance software includes numerous improvements designed to provide IT professionals a faster and easier user experience when managing Diskeeper in their network. These improvements include: A new search feature similar to that found with Microsoft’s Active Directory to quickly find a computer by selectable criteria, live scan/report times that now complete 5-10X faster, support for entering Fully Qualified Domain Names, and enhanced support for Diskeeper clients to push report information to the selected Diskeeper Administrator.

Diskeeper Management Pack for MOM/SCOM: Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) and System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) allow monitoring and management of numerous computers interconnected by one or more communications networks. Enterprise administrators can now use a Diskeeper Management Pack, included with Diskeeper Administrator, for MOM/SCOM to monitor and manage Diskeeper installations deployed in their network. This functionality will include numerous alerts, reports, and the ability to manage and control product configurations.

IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6): Diskeeper 2010 Administrator now fully supports communication, such as remote management on native IPv6 networks.

Remote installation and management of Diskeeper 2010 Professional, Pro Premier, Server and EnterpriseServer with policy-based management.

Automatic email alerts of potential problems including low reliability index, low free space, possible disk corruption or inability to complete defragmentation.

Disk Performance Analyzer for Networks® provides real-time performance updates with high-level visual graphs and detailed fragmentation data on-demand or emailed automatically.

Advanced reporting features put defrag information at your finger tips: Client status, graphical performance summaries and ratings, alerts, client settings, license management and free space status. Now you can get reports emailed to you automatically.

Remote control of individual clients allows interactive control from a remote machine. Diskeeper 2010 Administrator makes site-wide defrag faster and easier than ever!

Automatic Defrag Management Diskeeper Administrator’s “Set it and Forget It®” policy management system can automatically deploy and configure Diskeeper for all your network systems. Simply set policies for deployment and configuration, bind them to your Active Directory within Diskeeper Administrator, and Diskeeper will automatically install and configure Diskeeper to newly added computers, and return/restore Diskeeper licenses from decommissioned systems.

Hardware Support

Diskeeper runs on the Intel® x86 platforms (including compatible CPUs from other manufacturers).

Disk size limits:

Professional - Maximum supported volume size: 2TB.
Professional Premier - Maximum supported volume size: Unlimited
Server - Maximum supported volume size: Unlimited
Enterprise Server - Maximum supported volume size: Unlimited

Disk subsystems supported:

Primary Partitions
Extended Partitions
Logical Drives
Volume Sets
RAID Arrays (hardware and software)
Mirrored Disks
Mounted Volumes (letter-less drives)

Resource Requirements

The disk space requirements for Diskeeper depend on several factors. The Diskeeper installation package is about 60 MB. After the installation is complete, Diskeeper occupies about 38 MB of disk space. If Internet Explorer is not present on your computer, some other needed files (hhupd.exe, 50comupd.exe, and wintdist.exe) may be added. Further, your system may require a new or updated version of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), which is less than 6 MB.

Additional Software Requirements

Diskeeper relies on the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). The MMC provides a single point of control for system utilities such as Diskeeper. The MMC is used as a central location for a variety of Microsoft and third party administrative tools. The MMC is included in Microsoft Windows 2000 and newer Windows operating systems.

A Note About Firewalls

As a normal part of its operation, the Diskeeper Service (DkService.exe) acts as a server on your system. If you are running a hardware or software firewall, you may see messages indicating Diskeeper Service is trying to act as a server. These messages are expected; you can safely allow these events. This functionality is designed to allow for support for network operations (e.g. Remote Control) via Diskeeper Administrator.

You may also be notified that Diskeeper is trying to access the Internet. It is important to note that Diskeeper does not access the Internet (except when you specifically use the Check for Updates feature), but it does use Windows mechanisms that may trigger these alerts from your firewall. Again, these messages are expected and you can safely allow the events. If networkability or automatic update checking is not required, you can safely disable this.

Diskeeper® supports the Microsoft® NTFS (New Technology File System), FAT16 (File Allocation Table) and FAT32 file system formats.

Supported File Systems

Diskeeper® supports the Microsoft® NTFS (New Technology File System), FAT16 (File Allocation Table) and FAT32 file system formats.

Operating system support

Professional	Professional Premier	Server	Enterprise Server
Windows Vista Home Basic	Windows Vista Home Basic	All Windows XP	All Windows XP
Windows Vista Home Premium	Windows Vista Home Premium	All Windows Vista	All Windows Vista
Windows Vista Business	Windows Vista Business	All Windows Server 2000	All Windows Server 2000
Windows Vista Ultimate	Windows Vista Ultimate	All Windows Server 2003	All Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista Enterprise	Windows Vista Enterprise	All Windows Server 2008	All Windows Server 2008
Windows XP Home	Windows XP Home
Windows XP Professional	Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Media Center	Windows XP Media Center
Windows XP Tablet PC	Windows XP Tablet PC
Windows 2000 Professional	Windows 2000 Professional

Note: Supports both 32 and 64 bit Windows

Windows x64 support

Diskeeper supports native 64 bit mode on Windows 64 bit Operating Systems.

Testimonials

Dear Graeme

In a world where complaints are much more common than compliments, I’d like to take a moment to congratulate Pixel IT for providing outstanding customer service.

From my initial contact with Veronica, right through to making the purchase, I have been impressed with the follow-up, technical expertise and enthusiasm displayed by all the Pixel IT staff I have had contact with.

We have a highly volatile disk array which suffers from heavy defragmentation, and the technical team came up with a number of suggestions to help us find the right Diskeeper settings to keep it under control without compromising performance. Their follow-up and concern that we were happy with the product’s performance was the best I have encountered during my 20 years in the IT industry... and that was with the trial version!

Veronica is delightful to deal with – patient, concerned for our satisfaction with the product, and, once again exemplary follow-up. She even laughs at my lame jokes, so extra points for that! I would have no hesitation in recommending Pixel IT for their superior product knowledge, professionalism and customer service.

Feel free to post this in a testimonials section (if you have one), and/or I would be happy to relate my experience to potential customers, if you would like me to.

Please pass on this “positive vibe” to your staff.

Shane Wilkinson, Office Administrator, Newstyle Printing Co Pty Ltd

"The backups were running well into business hours (approx. 12 hrs) and hadn’t completed successfully for a long time. Since Diskeeper has been installed, not only has the fragmentation gone from totally red to completely blue, the backups are finishing well within its window (approx .4 hrs)"

Brad Clark, Senior Systems Administrator - Intel Services, Harvey Norman

"I became aware of Diskeeper from an article in the London Financial Times. I ordered it immediately as I was having capacity and time problems with my over-used Dell laptop. The machine was transformed. I have the defrag routine set daily and it is like a new machine - much faster, fewer broadband set-up problems and less freezing. Diskeeper is an excellent product!"

Alan Clark, ACH, Geelong

"We have actually been using Diskeeper for many years. It is now installed on our Win 2000 server. The biggest benefit is that the user console on this version can be run on a terminal server session, whereas our old version didn’t work like this, and this makes remote administration a lot easier.

Remote administration has enabled the following:

· IT staff don’t have to stay around the business out of hours in order to do a boot time server defrag etc (now do it from home over the VPN). · IT users get increased system availability, since IT staff don’t pester them to get off systems so the boot time defrag can be done. · We can also stagger the boot time server defrags more easily, which reduces risk if a machine mis-behaves as a result. · Servers are generally performing better since we can do this more often with little effort.

Also the user interface and reporting is generally more friendly, which is nice. The file tidying process seems to be better at creating contiguous white space, which is always a bit of a problem with NTFS.

I have recommended this program to others for many years. The newest version works fine."

"My DK9 software is set up on my home PC, a P4 2.4GHz with 1GB RAM. I have two disc drives: an 80GB drive partitioned as C and D; and a 300GB drive as drive E. All are formatted as NTFS partitions. I have DK9 set up to run automatically in the background, and that's exactly what it does. Simply set-and-forget, which is exactly what a defrag or similar utility should be doing.

As for features? Well, given that everything is running perfectly, I'm happy with the way things are at the moment. In terms of performance enhancement, that's a more difficult question to answer, especially when we're not as concerned with metrics on a home machine as I would be with a nest of machines at the office (in which my machines of choice are all made by Sun Microsystems and run a reliable operating system called Solaris :-)

Apart from the usual home computing applications, I have my Bang & Olufsen audio/video systems linked in to the PC through Bang & Olufsen's USB adapter and their PC-Link software, through which I can rip my CD collection (hence the 300GB disc - but there are photos there as well as backups of my critical files from C and D). Clearly, the clean and stable serving of my music collection benfits from the work that DK9 is doing in the background.

I guess I'm just another happy Diskeeper customer to add to your list.

Cheers, and keep up the good work!"

Gary Speechley, DSTO Dept of Defence

"As an IT manager for various organisations I have used Diskeeper for nearly 10 years. Whilst Windows includes its own disk defragmenter, Diskeeper is much faster and does a far better job of de-fragmenting data. On file servers this is especially important as the data is dynamic and fragmentation occurs quickly. A noticeable reduction in file retrieval times is realised once Diskeeper has done its magic.

One of a simplest but most powerful options of Diskeeper is the "Set it and forget it" feature. A few clicks of the mouse and your systems will automatically defragment themselves regularly, with no further intervention, thus keeping the disk sub-system working at peak efficiency."

Martin Crockett, ITC Manager, Saint Peters College

"I am currently using Diskeeper at my home and I have noticed a great improvement in my PC’s operational speed. This was the main reason for my purchase and I’m totally satisfied."

Jim Baker, Westpac Banking Corporation

"I'm extremely happy with the product, specially the "set it and forget it" feature, and within that the "smart schedule" I have it setup on five Windows 2000 servers. I would definitively recommend Diskeeper to my clients and friends."

Robert Giron, Dental Health Services Victoria

“Put simply, Diskeeper is the only product that we can truly “set and forget”. Installation & configuration is totally automated and most of the time we forget it’s even there. We never worry about performance degradation and it actually defragments the entire drive. Very rarely does a product achieve its marketing guff. It worked first time, every time - without fuss or fail”

Arkin Kavaz, IT Administrator, Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance