I double checked 'my' archives and I didn't see any previous responses. I apologize to those that repeated their responses.
I think our environment warrants a product like Diskeeper just for the centralized management, if nothing else. I do appreciate the recommendations for other products because, as I vaguely pointed out, we do have some issues with Diskeeper's defrag schedule policies not applying correctly. I guess what I was really driving after is opinions, based on everyone's collective experience, as to which systems (or partitions) truly benefit from a scheduled automatic defrag. Since I manage our Exchange servers, I'm aware that running a defrag on partitions containing stores would be disadventageous, and mostly not recommended. As a result, Diskeeper is not even installed on our Exchange servers. Should all OS partitions be scheduled? Only partitions containing large file repositories? Is Windows 2008 less susceptible to fragementation? Differing opinions for 32bit vs. 64bit operating systems? I've narrowed down that application specific servers will probably need to be researched for best practice recommendations regarding defrag utilities. I manage a couple that specifically require their program directories be excluded. Again, I was just looking for feedback on general OS related recommendations. I apologize if I'm just clouding the issue even more....it's already been a long week. I'll go back and review the Lyris archives. - Sean On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Joseph L. Casale < jcas...@activenetwerx.com> wrote: > Didn’t you get all the replies this thread received? > If you are using Windows 2003 and up, just script it? Free… > > Do you (as in, you more than the rest of the world) really need something > better? I know LOTS of shops that don’t even do this, and in some cases it > can be disastrous. > Defrag a drive with a large exchange db on it, let me know how the clients > feel about that for the days it could run for. > > > > *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 13, 2010 2:01 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: 3rd Party Defrag Utilities > > > > Nothing eh? I was sure this would stir up some opinions.... > > > > - Sean > > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Sean Martin <seanmarti...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Good morning/afternoon! > > > > I wanted to get some feedback from you all regarding the use of 3rd > party Defrag utilities. We've used Diskkeeper for as long as I can remember > (from NT4, Win2000, etc.) We're all Windows 2003 with a few Windows 2008 > servers in production and more on the way. One of my fellow analysts is > working on upgrading Diskkeeper to the latest version and I threw out the > question of whether we even need it, or more importantly, why do we install > it on every single server? I can see the benefit on large file repositories > that would be subject to fragmentation, but it's part of our standard build > process so EVERY server has it installed (SQL, App, IIS, etc.). > > > We do use the scheduling features so defragmentation only occurs during > off-hours, but I still can't help but think it's a resource hog regardless > of when defragmentation is running. Not to mention we've seen countless > occurrences where the defragementation policies weren't applied correctly so > the process would execute at any time. > > > > Anyway, we have several hundred servers so if anything we could be looking > at signficant cost savings if we were a little more analytical in our > approach. What servers would you recommend a 3rd party defrag utility be > installed on? > > > > - Sean > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
