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| Technology |
| InvisiTasking ™ |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
Diskeeper's revolutionary new InvisiTasking technology
guarantees that Diskeeper will use only system resources that would
be otherwise be wasted (idle time).
This technology allows
Diskeeper's real-time defragmentation to continually keep your disk
volumes in top shape, and ensures your computer's performance is
never slowed down by the defragmentation process
itself. |
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| I-FAAST ™ 2.0 New! |
No |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
Intelligent File Access Acceleration Sequencing Technology
[I-FAAST] 2.0 improves file access and creation on NTFS volumes by
up to 80% above and beyond the improvement provided by
defragmentation alone.
When I-FAAST is enabled on a volume,
Diskeeper runs specially-engineered benchmarks on the selected NTFS
volumes to learn their individual performance characteristics. (Not
all disks have the same characteristics.)
Diskeeper then
transparently monitors these volumes for file access frequency on an
ongoing basis to determine which files are requested most often.
Special analysis techniques prevent Diskeeper from being "fooled" by
files that have been recently accessed. |
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| Frag-Shield ™ 2.0 New! |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
Frag shield dynamically reduces fragmentation of critical system
files, maintaining system stability and reliability. Frag Shield
performs two vital tasks: It helps prevent fragmentation of the MTF
(Master File Tables - the place where information about every file
and directory on an NTFS hard drive is stored). It also assists
you in setting up your paging files (a hidden file on your
computer's hard disk that Windows XP & Vista uses as if it were
RAM) such that fragmentation will be very unlikely to occur in the
future. Frag Shield helps you configure your paging files as
recommended in published Microsoft guidelines. The MFT
fragmentation prevention technology in Frag Shield is fully
automatic and it operates invisibly using InvisiTasking
technology. |
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| Intelligent Defragmentation New! |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper's logic controller, which detects various volume and
system conditions and chooses the most effective algorithm, has been
re-designed to deliver performance benefits faster and more
efficiently. |
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| Terabyte
Volume Engine |
No |
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|
|
Yes |
N/A |
| Terabyte Volume Engine provides fast, safe and complete
defragmentation of large volumes with millions of files for
incredible performance on large drives. |
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| Performance |
| System
Resource Use |
Medium |
Low |
Low |
Low |
Low |
N/A |
| Very low system resources are used. |
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| High
Speed Defragmentation Engine |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper's high-speed defragmentation engine works silently and
quickly in the background, keeping up with the fragmentation as it
occurs. |
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| Defrag
volumes with less than 1% free space New! |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper defragments hard drives in the most extreme of
conditions - even if your computer system has only a one or two
percent of free space left available, Diskeeper 2008 can restore
lost performance and save the applications reliant on those files
from major reliability failures. |
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| Defragment severely fragmented files
(millions) New! |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Even if your computer system has a file in millions of
fragments, Diskeeper 2008 can restore lost performance and save the
applications reliant on those files from major reliability
failures. |
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| Special Features |
| 64-bit
Operating Systems Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper works with 64-bit operating systems such as Windows
Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Enterprise,
Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Media Center,
Windows XP Tablet PC, and Windows 2000
Professional. |
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| Boot
Time System File Defragmentation |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Safely performs Microsoft®-recommended defragmentation of
critical system files to improve performance and
reliability. |
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| Automatic Online Directory
Consolidation |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Automatically performs the additional processing necessary to
move all the directories on each volume into a single location on
the volume. This setting affects both Automatic and Manual
Defragmentation operations. |
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| Defragment All Volumes
Simultaneously |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper can analyze and defragment more than one disk volume
(hard drive partitions) at a time. This includes a backup hard drive
attached to the computer, but does not include network attached
storage devices or other computers on the
network. |
|
| Volume
Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Compatible Mode
New! |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
Diskeeper 2008 eliminates the need to choose between the
benefits of VSS and defragmentation. The new VSS-compatible mode in
Diskeeper 2008 affords you the ability to leverage the data
protection of VSS and the performance and reliability of Diskeeper
defragmentation.
When the VSS defragmentation option is
enabled, Diskeeper uses proprietary defragmentation engines to help
reduce the chance of the defragmentation operation causing new VSS
snapshots from being created, thus potentially preventing older
snapshots from being purged. |
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| Windows
Server Compatible |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper 2008 Server and EnterpriseServer works with Microsoft
Server products. |
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| Disk
Size Limits |
N/A |
768 GB |
2 TB |
2 TB |
Unlimited |
N/A |
| Diskeeper 2008 Professional can support up to 768 GB per volume.
Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier and Server Editions support up to 2 TB
per volume. Diskeeper EnterpriseServer supports an unlimited disk
size. |
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| Product Management |
| Historical Reporting |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Diskeeper can provide useful information about file performance
loss on your volumes, and also historical data about the
fragmentation levels on your volumes. To do this, Diskeeper relies
on performance and defragmentation data collected from your
volumes. |
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| Real-Time Dashboard |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| The Dashboard shows the disk fragmentation and system resources
used in real-time. |
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| Power
Management for Laptops |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
When this option is enabled and the computer switches from
normal power to battery power, any ongoing Automatic Defragmentation
is safely postponed and a message noting this is written to the
Windows Application Event Log. A message is also displayed informing
you that Automatic Defragmentation has been postponed. When the
computer switches back to normal power, Automatic Defragmentation
will resume.
When the computer is running on battery power,
any ongoing Manual Defragmentation jobs are canceled and a message
noting this is written to the Windows Application Event Log. If you
start a Manual Defragmentation job when this option is enabled (and
the computer is running on battery power), a message is displayed
asking if you want to continue, even though running Diskeeper on
battery power may reduce the available battery
time. |
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| Run
Time Graphical Control |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Run Time Graphical Control gives the user an easy-to-understand
visual representation of the disk. |
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| NETWORK MANAGEMENT |
| Group
Policy Management Support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper can be administered network-wide via several different
methods. The primary network administration tool for Diskeeper is
Diskeeper Administrator, a single point of control for all your
Diskeeper administration needs. However, sites using Microsoft Group
Policy can use the Diskeeper.adm administrative template file
available from Diskeeper Corporation to control many aspects of
Diskeeper operation through Group Policy. The Diskeeper.adm template
file is available free of charge from the Diskeeper Corporation
website at www.diskeeper.com
/diskeeper/grouppolicy.asp |
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| Centralized Administrative
Control |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper Administrator provides centralized defragmentation
management, alerting, and reporting tools to empower System
Administrators with easy network-wide
control. |
|
| Deploy
Diskeeper Across Your Entire Network |
No |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
The preferred method for installing Diskeeper on computers
across your network is the PushInstall feature, available in
Diskeeper Administrator. Using the PushInstall feature, Diskeeper
Administrator can deploy Diskeeper Professional or Diskeeper Server
simultaneously to multiple computers on a network from a single
machine acting as an administrative console. Diskeeper PushInstall
can save you a tremendous amount of time and effort, especially on
large networks, where the same software needs to be installed on
hundreds, or even thousands of computers.
If you do not
already have Diskeeper Administrator you can download fully
functional 30-day trialware from www.diskeeper.com/downloads and use
the software (during the trial period) to quickly and easily deploy
Diskeeper across your network. If you have more than 10-20 machines
to which you plan to install software, Diskeeper Administrator will
save you significant time.
To make use of the PushInstall
feature, you must install Diskeeper Administrator on a computer that
will act as the administrative console for all your Diskeeper
installations network-wide. You must also be logged into a domain
administrator account or an account that is a local administrator
account on the target computers. The receiving computers must be
running a Windows version supported by Diskeeper Professional or
Diskeeper Server. |
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| Automate
Defragmentation For All Your Systems |
No |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
| Diskeeper Administrator can setup rules and settings for all
your Diskeeper products. |
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| Network-Wide Performance Reports and
Alerts |
No |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
| Diskeeper Administrator to generate reports that allow you to
easily check up on Diskeeper operations network-wide without ever
leaving your desk! |
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