“We are still happily using and ignoring the Diskeeper product as it silently works in the background, saving us from having to worry about defragging our hard drives using less reliable means. We’re presently using Diskeeper on non-virtual Windows 2000, Windows 7, and XP machines as well as Windows 2008 servers.”
“I really enjoy the Benefit Analyzer benchmark to see how well the system is now running. The Benefits Analyzer reports are great at giving me the most up-to-date information all in one location. This makes it very convenient."
“We use HP ProLiant Servers with multiple arrays. I am using traditional ESX with vSphere and an Equallogic iSCSI SAN as well as one Iomega NAS Device. Diskeeper is running on MS SQL Server x64 and Exchange Server as well."
“Everything is going well with Diskeeper. No complaints from end users and don't think they wouldn’t notice a difference... which is good because if the system were slow, my phone would be ringing. Diskeeper is installed on all systems. The servers are Windows 2003 and 2008. All desktops are Windows XP. We used to manually have to defragment the HD’s which was a major pain and used a lot of IT time. This usually happened when the system was 6 months old. Now I can push Diskeeper out to the machines and let automatic defrag do the work. This cuts down on many, MANY of my IT Related service calls due to slow or sluggish PC’s, or dreaded blue screen of death."
“We use Diskeeper in various ways. We've deployed it on our Windows File Servers, also on our nightly backup server which runs on Windows 2003 Standard x64, and with Backup Exec. One important example of how Diskeeper has made our backup system work more effectively is in its use of defragmenting our backup-to-disk procedures. Each night we backup quite a number of servers onto a NAS before archiving to tape. We've scheduled Diskeeper to run around the times it’s actually backing up, and in doing so it has decreased the amount of time necessary to run our backup jobs significantly."
"With V-locity, we've seen an 80-90% improvement in response time for SQL, email, CRM, and other critical apps. Sluggishness and performance issues just don't exist."
“V-locity works well for servers and it is great to have specifically tailored software for VMware machines, thus has minimal impact, which is important for any VM infrastructure. In addition, the option of different install methods makes it easy to roll out in any environment. I really like the Host Agent for single location details. Rather than checking each machine, the ability to get an overview of your servers in one location is very convenient."
“Here are some metrics numbers on our environment as reported by the Diskeeper job report. It’s pretty impressive. We run over 900 Windows servers here at UK Healthcare. Around 600 are physical, and 300 are virtual. We run Diskeeper on almost all of these. We use various SAN backbones and an IBM SVC SAN controller. Diskeeper has also been used on SAN connected drives as well. We run dozens of different applications, mostly of a healthcare nature. Our primary clinical application is Allscript’s Sunrise Clinical Manager. We publish that through Citrix and it is run entirely on Windows OS’s, which are all running Diskeeper."
“The biggest benefit from Diskeeper is from reduced downtime from HDD failures which in turn saves me money in capital expenditures as I can squeeze more life out of my hardware. By continuously keeping the drives defragged, they don’t have to work as hard when files are accessed, and therefore don’t have to absorb the same level of wear and tear which equates to longer life with fewer replacements etc. Typically when machines leave warranty, the HDD is one of the first components to die, but with Diskeeper, the HDDs stay healthy and operational much, much longer. I can extend my hardware refresh cycle from 3 years to 4 or 4 ½ years and refocus my capital dollars on more strategic initiatives.”
“Every server we have implements RAID, typically RAID 1 for the OS and a RAID 5 for data. Before we enabled the Automatic defrag I would periodically log into each of our 25 servers and run defrag now and then. Each server had at least 2 drives, so it was time consuming because I’d have to log into each server, defrag the C:, then check back later and do D: when C: was done."
“Diskeeper with Instant Defrag is great. We have had no problems at all. We have a few terabytes of information. Before Diskeeper, it would take eons to back up a couple hundred gig including verification. This would affect some operations. Now the backup happens in a handful of hours and our employees can work as scheduled. Network speed is always fast and consistently that way.”
“Fragmentation is usually a big culprit in stealing system performance. We put it on all staff portables. Diskeeper is an integral part to maintaining individual computer's health. I basically “Set It and Forget It”. We are using NetApp StoreVaults for our SAN. We have MS SQL currently running in the district and GroupWise is our messaging system. I am running Diskeeper on those virtual machines with Windows Server 2003/2008. Before we deployed Diskeeper, we had severe fragmentation that caused systems to run slow. Also, just running defrag was problematic because the ‘best way to run it’ was to be logged in as administrator or with administrator equivalent rights. That is not a possibility in a school district."
“Diskeeper performance technology is a revolutionary step forward in file system optimization. IntelliWrite minimizes fragmentation and disk maintenance is more effective than ever. Proactive fragmentation prevention constantly keeps our Windows 7 file systems optimized, making our applications more reliable and helping maintain the confidence and high degree of satisfaction of clients using our large scale, business-critical solutions. Diskeeper provides a stunning user interface, effortless installation and configuration, a highly efficient and reliable operation, and an outstanding value with unrivaled capabilities for maintaining optimal system performance. Don’t deploy an enterprise solution without it!”
"V-locity has become de facto in our data center. It means I don't worry about performance, my users can focus on providing care, and my budget isn't consumed by hardware costs."
“Undelete saves backup restores when someone accidentally deletes a file from a Windows share. We store tapes off site so Undelete can save a big delay for file restores of that type. Undelete does what it says on the box – really - and it works nicely as a network recycle bin.”