Diskeeper Server White-Papers

Reducing Downtime and Reactive Maintenance: The ROI of Defragmenting the Windows Enterprise

IDC Whitepaper on Defragmenting Windows Enterprise Servers

System delays and unresponsiveness are not only inconvenient in the enterprise, they are extremely costly in terms of lost productivity, and help desk and IT time required to debug reactive maintenance issues.

Servers and workstations running the various Windows operating systems including the latest, Windows Server 2003, are being deployed more than ever within the enterprise. However, an often-overlooked element of the Windows operating system, file fragmentation, causes an overall degradation in system performance and reliability.

Downtime or slow downs are unacceptable; particularly when these can be easily remedied using automated defragmentation software.

This white paper covers the performance and potential reliability implications of file fragmentation as well as its associated costs and investigates defragmentation as a solution to unnecessary or premature hardware upgrades.

Identifying Common Reliability/Stability Problems Caused by File Fragmentation

Reliabilit Stability problems caused by File Fragmentation

Over the years, numerous manufacturers, third party analysts and labs have reported on the effects of file fragmentation on system speed and performance. Defragmentation has also gained recognition for its critical role in addressing issues of system reliability and improved uptime, particularly since Microsoft?