LK. Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Screen 1 Screen 2 Screen 3 Screen 4 Screen 5 Screen 6 Screen 7 Screen 8 November 23, 2005 A. PLATFORMS AND WINDOWS VERSIONS SUPPORTED ============================================ Diskeeper runs on the Intel[R] x86 platform (including compatible CPUs from other manufacturers) running Windows Server[TM] 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT[R] 4.0, Windows Me, or Windows 98. The Windows versions supported vary by Diskeeper edition. See the Table of Supported Operating Systems later in this document for a chart of the different Diskeeper editions and the Windows versions each supports. Note that x64 versions of Diskeeper will only install on x64 editions of Windows. B. OVERVIEW OF DISKEEPER 10.0 ============================== Breakthrough I-FAAST[TM] Technology ------------------------------------- Intelligent File Access Acceleration Sequencing Technology (I-FAAST) improves file access and creation by up to 80% (average 10%-20%). This is the first industry implementation of ?Disk Performance Calibration?, the modern evolution of the outdated and inconclusive disk optimization strategies of the past. When I-FAAST is enabled, Diskeeper runs specially-engineered benchmarks on your disk volumes to learn their performance characteristics. Diskeeper then transparently monitors volumes for file access frequency on an ongoing basis in to determine which files are requested most often. Special analysis techniques prevent Diskeeper from being ?fooled? by files that have been recently accessed. Using newly-developed technology, Diskeeper sequences the files to take best advantage of both the logical characteristics and physical characteristics of the volume. The sequencing process is integrated with background defragmentation, so it's virtually transparent to you. I-FAAST intelligence allows Diskeeper to adapt to changing situations-?so if the demands on a given system change, Diskeeper automatically adjusts its behavior accordingly. This feature is included in Diskeeper Server Enterprise, Diskeeper Server Standard, and Diskeeper Professional Premier edI/O Smart[TM] Enhancementsements ---------------------------- I/O Smart has been enhanced to completely eliminate performance slows related to disk I/Os incurred by defragmentation. I/O Smart technology actively ?listens? for I/O requests. During a Diskeeper defragmentation job, if another application or process needs access to the hard drive, Diskeeper intelligently pauses defragmentation until the other program I/O requests are fulfilled. Once that happens, Diskeeper gets the go-ahead to resume defragmentation until another request comes along. Combined with its high-speed engine, Diskeeper can easily defragment using the ?spaces? between I/O requests, even on busy servers. This feature is included in all DiskCore Defragmentation Engine Enhancementse Enhancements ------------------------------------------ Improvements to innovative Diskeeper technology provide enhanced defragmentation in low free space conditions (even for very large files) and unsurpassed free space consolidation. Further advancements to ?comprehensive? defragmentation will consolidate a volume?s free space into one or a small handful of chunks. Here is example test comparison between Diskeeper 9 and Diskeeper 10 on a Windows XP Professional system (with severe file and free space fragmentation, and 17% free space): Diskeeper 9 Diskeeper 10 --------------------------------------------------------------- Number of excess (Before) 129,112 129,112 fragments (After) 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------------- Number of free space (Before) 34,432 34,432 fragments (After) 8,851 5 --------------------------------------------------------------- Elapsed CPU time (Hr:Min:Sec) 1:36:11 1:18:06 --------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Defragmentation Runs 29 2 --------------------------------------------------------------- Peak Memory Size 5,080 4,768 --------------------------------------------------------------- Virtual Memory Size 3,384 3,168 ------------------------------------------Terabyte Volume Engine[TM] Improvementsine[TM] Improvements --------------------------------------------- The new Terabyte Volume Engine, or TVE[TM], has improvements to consolidate free space more thoroughly. The TVE is specially designed for volumes with a large number of files. It is the fastest and most resource-conservative defragmentation technology ever developed. Also note the TVE now runs on volumes as small as 60 GB, instead of the 100 GB limit in Diskeeper 9. Diskeeper users with large volumes benefit from faster defragmentation, lower overhead and dramatically reduced total cost of ownership (TCO). Here are some sample TVE performance numbers: On a terabyte | Standard Engine | TVE | Improvement (1,000GB) | Engine Time | Time | volume: | Hr:Min:Sec | Hr:Min:Sec | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 250,000 files | 00:29:35 | 00:10:07 | 192% 500,000 files | 01:07:11 | 00:17:52 | 276% 1M files | 02:30:36 | 00:33:49 | 345% 2M files | 06:46:30 | 01:05:49 | 518% This feature is included in Diskeeper ServerC. KNOWN ISSUES IN THIS RELEASESUES IN THIS RELEASE ================================ 1. The Boot-Time Defragmentation and Frag Shield dialogs have not yet been updated to reflect the new console style. 2. Group policy support has not yet been implemented for I-FAAST. 3. Not all message dialogs have been updated to reflect the new console style. 4. The I-FAAST engines do not yet support the "Efficiently defragment large files" option. 5. An access violation can occur when restoring a volume while Diskeeper is running. 6. The Boot-Time Defragmentation feature is currently visible, but non-functional in the x64 versions of Diskeeper. 7. The Frag Shield paging file function can, in some cases, cause the paging file to fragment, creating the need to run a Boot-Time Defragmentation job to defragment the paging file. Since the Boot-Time feature is not currently available in the x64 versions of Diskeeper, it is recommended that you do not use the Frag Shield paging file option on x64 versions of Diskeeper. 8. The Set System Options (VSS Shadow Copy) option is currently visible in all x64 versions of Diskeeper, although this feature is only available on Diskeeper Server Edition running on Windows Server 2003. 9. The x64 versions of Diskeeper cannot currently be managed by Diskeeper Administrator. 10. Diskeeper analysis is not currently supported on 8 TB or larger volumes with a cluster size of 4 KB or smaller. Displaying the Volume Map graphic on a volume this size is very resource-intensive and is thus not currently supported in this release. Note that you can still defragment these volumes. 11. If you install a full or upgrade version of Diskeeper and choose the "Register Later" option during the installation, a shortcut is added to the Start Menu | Startup folder. This shortcut will automatically be removed if the registration process is later completed, or if you choose the "Never Register" option. If however, you uninstall Diskeeper before this shortcut is removed, it will not be removed by the uninstall procedure, and rebooting the computer or clicking the shortcut will result in an error message indicating the "ESIRegister.exe" file cannot be found. This shortcut can safely be manually deleted. Note that you can always register Diskeeper via the Diskeeper Corporation website at www.diskeeper.com/register. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted December 2, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 2, 2005 Sweet. I've been wondering when they would come out with an update. The fact that I can set it and forget it is something I love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randolph Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 How does this rank with Perfectdisk and etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootWind Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Good to see progress in the next versions of the defrag programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZonoBurk Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Oh wow, that's great! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted December 2, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 2, 2005 Looking good, love the boot-time/MFT defrag currently in Diskeeper 9. Radish™ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgEnTsMiTh Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Looks great. Can't wait for the update :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Cant you just defragment using windows , normaly is this program better in any way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted December 2, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 2, 2005 Cant you just defragment using windows , normaly is this program better in any way? Uses a better algorithm and has handy options like auto defragging in the background when it determines your drive needs it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted December 2, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 2, 2005 Looks good to me. I'd like to see how well it performs compared to the current version... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartMeUp Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Snazz! {drool} I have V9 will V10 be an upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanChung Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Any Perfect Disk users jumping over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssb Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Any Perfect Disk users jumping over? No way, DK still falls behind PerfectDisk in performance, stability and resources footprint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premgenius Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 PrefectDisk here thanks for the new thou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildies Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 thanx for the news man , waiting for the upgrade.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanChung Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 so I shall stay with PrefectDisk :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Wonder how much better this version really is, will it catch perfectdisk? Thanks for the news :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malisk Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Yes, I like PD more too and believe it simply defrags better (more thoroughly). I guess its main disadvantage is that DK has more scheduling options like e.g. "defrag when not in use", but I never really want to do that anyway because I sometimes get annoyed by the noise if I'm doing something else in the room when the drive goes nuts. I then rather just schedule it to do it when I'm not there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted December 2, 2005 MVC Share Posted December 2, 2005 Sweet, I have used the Diskkeeper series since V8, hopefully V10 will change my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 I still haven't made up my mind which one I like better: O&O, Diskeeper, or PerfectDisk. Out of the three I would have to say I perfer PerfectDisk, but Diskeeper is much fast-- without a doubt. Thanks for the news though, can't wait for this to be released (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mipra Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 thanks for the headsup. I have been using Perfectdisk for a while and very happy with it. It does the job more thoroughly and you can just 'feel' the difference after your HD is deframented. Hopefully DK 10 will be the winner this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanChung Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 I also used to Diskeeper is faster. but i was told that PD is more detailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echilon Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 It's great that they've managed to do a better hob, quicker, with less memory usage. Set it and forget is great for my server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted December 2, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 2, 2005 Any Perfect Disk users jumping over? Maybe... or maybe not. This bit seems interesting: Breakthrough I-FAAST[TM] Technology ------------------------------------- Intelligent File Access Acceleration Sequencing Technology (I-FAAST) improves file access and creation by up to 80% (average 10%-20%). This is the first industry implementation of ?Disk Performance Calibration?, the modern evolution of the outdated and inconclusive disk optimization strategies of the past. When I-FAAST is enabled, Diskeeper runs specially-engineered benchmarks on your disk volumes to learn their performance characteristics. Diskeeper then transparently monitors volumes for file access frequency on an ongoing basis in to determine which files are requested most often. Special analysis techniques prevent Diskeeper from being ?fooled? by files that have been recently accessed. If I recall correctly, PD's SmartPlacement reorganizes files by access date timestamps, but I could be wrong. I sure hope this update would be worth it. Recent versions have been unimpressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Maybe... or maybe not. This bit seems interesting: If I recall correctly, PD's SmartPlacement reorganizes files by access date timestamps, but I could be wrong. I sure hope this update would be worth it. Recent versions have been unimpressive. We need serious reviews. I'm staying with PD because I know it does it's job. But I'm hoping there's a "faster" alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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