The goal of the data center manager has remained the same since the beginning of data centers: provide reliable, efficient IT services.
As data center technologies have evolved, the benchmarks for increasing service levels and reducing costs have become ever more demanding. However, even as these technologies evolve and access to larger drives and more data storage becomes available, there is always a need to get the maximum I/O performance out of whatever solution is being used in the data center.
File and Free Space Fragmentation is a Bottleneck to Meeting Service Level Expectations and Reducing Overhead and Energy Costs
Regardless of storage capacity available, improved performance and reduced costs is only truly realized when the space available is being used as efficiently as possible.
File and free space fragmentation are well-documented problems with Windows servers. Fragmentation remains a problem today because the file allocation mechanism in Windows has not changed since its introduction in 1996. File fragmentation increases the time it takes to read a file, while free space fragmentation increases the time it takes to write a file. Both of these behaviors degrade system performance.
One measure of system performance is the number of I/O per second (IOPS) the system can deliver. A contiguous file generates a single IOPS across the virtual storage stack. The same file in 100 fragments generates 100 IOPS across the same stack. The need to process 99 unnecessary IOPS illustrates how fragmentation hurts performance.
Defragmentation and Disk Optimization is the Solution
Using a defragmentation and disk optimization solution such as PerfectDisk in your Data Center allows you to:
- Optimize server performance
- Speed up processing times
- Extend system life and reduce hardware costs.
The PerfectDisk product line of disk defragmentation and optimization tools provides all-encompassing solutions to optimize performance in your entire data center. PerfectDisk's patented technology provides automatic disk optimization and defragmentation without sacrificing valuable CPU cycles and memory.
Keeps workstations and laptops running faster with improved performance, faster boot times and slower rates of fragmentation. Includes PerfectDisk 12 Enterprise Console for centralized management and control of all workstations and laptops throughout the network. Scalable for SMBs and large enterprises that want to centrally manage an entire network.
Optimize server performance to its full capability and speed up processing times so your entire server environment is running as efficiently as possible. Integrates with the PerfectDisk 12 Enterprise Console for easy central management. Zero-fill feature provides the ability for storage systems that offer thin provisioning to reclaim space from deleted blocks. Scalable for SMBs and large enterprises that want to centrally manage an entire network.
The PerfectDisk product line includes solutions for Hyper-V, VSphere, and WMWare workstations with Virtual Infrastructure Awareness Technology that monitors resource availability at the physical host level and allows optimizations to occur dynamically between virtual guests so as to completely eliminate the resource contention caused by simultaneous optimizations.
PerfectDisk for Thin Provisioned Environments
Perfectdisk automatically identifies thin-provisioned storage and will use special algorithms that minimize storage growth.
PerfectDisk Provides an Intelligent Alternative to the S-Delete Utility
PerfectDisk provides a Zero-fill Free Space feature which enables you to recover wasted free space.