Diskeeper performance software comparison chart

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Technology

IntelliWrite™ fragmentation prevention technology

Yes

N/A

IntelliWrite prevents up to 85% of the fragmentation every system suffers from. It intelligently writes contiguous files to the disk so system resources are not wasted creating fragmentation. The results? A whole new level of system speed and efficiency.

InvisiTasking® technology

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper’s revolutionary new InvisiTasking technology guarantees that Diskeeper will use only system resources that would be otherwise be wasted (idle time).

This technology allows Diskeeper’s real-time defragmentation to continually keep your disk volumes in top shape, and ensures your computer's performance is never slowed down by the defragmentation process itself.

With new enhancements to InvisiTasking, Diskeeper will defragment even faster on very active production systems.

I-FAAST® 2.0 file optimization technology

Yes

N/A

Intelligent File Access Acceleration Sequencing Technology [I-FAAST] 2.0 improves file access and creation on NTFS volumes by up to 80% above and beyond the improvement provided by defragmentation alone.

When I-FAAST is enabled on a volume, Diskeeper runs specially-engineered benchmarks on the selected NTFS volumes to learn their individual performance characteristics. (Not all disks have the same characteristics.)

Diskeeper then transparently monitors these 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.

I-FAAST is now also available in Diskeeper Professional.

Intelligent Defragmentation

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper’s logic controller detects various volume and system conditions and chooses the most effective algorithm to deliver performance benefits faster and more efficiently.

Titan Defrag Engine™ technology

Yes

N/A

Starting on volumes of 100GB and scaling up to 20TB+ volumes, the Titan is the most powerful defragmentation engine ever created and the only technology capable of optimizing massive amount of data.

Terabyte Volume Engine™ technology

Yes

N/A

Terabyte Volume Engine (TVE) provides fast, safe and complete defragmentation of large volumes with millions of files for incredible performance on large drives.

TVE is now available in Diskeeper Pro Premier and Server editions.

Performance

System Resource Use

Medium
To High

Zero
Overhead

N/A

Very low system resources are used.

High Speed Defragmentation Engine

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper's high-speed defragmentation engine works silently and quickly in the background, keeping up with the fragmentation as it occurs.

Thorough free space consolidation

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper will consolidate approximately 90% of the volume free space into a dozen or less large free space segments, improving write performance for large files.

Defrag volumes with less than 1% free space

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper defragments hard drives in the most extreme of conditions — even if your computer system has only a one or two percent of free space left available, Diskeeper can restore lost performance and save the applications reliant on those files from major reliability failures.

Defragment severely fragmented files (millions)

Yes

N/A

Even if your computer system has a file in millions of fragments, Diskeeper can restore lost performance and save the applications reliant on those files from major reliability failures.

Special Features

64-bit Operating Systems Support

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper works with all x64 operating systems in native 64-bit.

Note: Diskeeper Home Edition does not support Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Enterprise Editions (32 or 64 bit).

Boot Time System File Defragmentation

Yes

N/A

Safely performs Microsoft®-recommended defragmentation of critical system files to improve performance and reliability.

Now uses Microsoft APIs for many files, does partial defragmentation of the paging file when free space does not allow for a complete defrag, and moves more metadata files than ever before.

Automatic Online Directory Consolidation

Yes

N/A

Automatically performs the additional processing necessary to move all the directories on each volume into a single location on the volume. This setting affects both Automatic and Manual Defragmentation operations.

Defragment All Volumes Simultaneously

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper can analyze and defragment more than one disk volume (hard drive partitions) at a time. This includes a backup hard drive attached to the computer, but does not include network attached storage devices or other computers on the network.

Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Compatible Mode

Limited

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper eliminates the need to choose between the benefits of VSS and defragmentation. The new VSS-compatible mode in Diskeeper affords you the ability to leverage the data protection of VSS and the performance and reliability of Diskeeper defragmentation.

When the VSS defragmentation option is enabled, Diskeeper uses proprietary defragmentation engines to help reduce the chance of the defragmentation operation causing new VSS snapshots from being created, thus potentially preventing older snapshots from being purged.

Windows Server Compatible

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper Server and EnterpriseServer feature sets are optimized for the Microsoft Server product line.

Windows Clustering Support

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper server editions have been improved and enterprise stress- tested for 100% operation in cluster server failover scenarios.

Volume Size Limits

N/A

Unlimited

N/A

All editions support an unlimited volume size.

Product Management

Historical Reporting

Yes

Diskeeper can provide useful information about file performance loss on your volumes, and also historical data about the fragmentation levels on your volumes. To do this, Diskeeper relies on performance and defragmentation data collected from your volumes.

Real-Time Dashboard

Yes

N/A

The Dashboard shows the disk fragmentation and system resources used in real-time.

Power Management for Laptops

Yes

N/A

When this option is enabled and the computer switches from normal power to battery power, any ongoing Automatic Defragmentation is safely postponed and a message noting this is written to the Windows Application Event Log. A message is also displayed informing you that Automatic Defragmentation has been postponed. When the computer switches back to normal power, Automatic Defragmentation will resume.

When the computer is running on battery power, any ongoing Manual Defragmentation jobs are canceled and a message noting this is written to the Windows Application Event Log. If you start a Manual Defragmentation job when this option is enabled (and the computer is running on battery power), a message is displayed asking if you want to continue, even though running Diskeeper on battery power may reduce the available battery time.

Run Time Graphical Control

Yes

N/A

Run Time Graphical Control gives the user an easy-to-understand visual representation of the disk.

NETWORK MANAGEMENT

Group Policy Management Support

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper can be administered network-wide via several different methods. Sites using Microsoft Group Policy can use the Diskeeper.adm administrative template file available from Diskeeper Corporation to control many aspects of Diskeeper operation through Group Policy.

MOM/SCOM Management Support

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper can be fully managed by Microsoft Operations Manager, including alerts, reports and configuration.

SCOM support coming soon in a free update.

The Diskeeper Management Pack for MOM/SCOM is included with a Diskeeper Administrator license.

Centralized Administrative Control

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper Administrator provides centralized defragmentation management, alerting, and reporting tools to empower System Administrators with easy network-wide control.

Just some of the new enhancements include an Active Directory-like computer search functionality, 10x+ faster scan times, and ability for Diskeeper clients to be pre-configured to push reports to a selected Diskeeper Administrator.

Deploy Diskeeper Across Your Entire Network

Yes

The preferred method for installing Diskeeper on computers across your network is the PushInstall feature, available in Diskeeper Administrator. Using the PushInstall feature, Diskeeper Administrator can deploy Diskeeper Professional or Diskeeper Server simultaneously to multiple computers on a network from a single machine acting as an administrative console. Diskeeper PushInstall can save you a tremendous amount of time and effort, especially on large networks, where the same software needs to be installed on hundreds, or even thousands of computers.

Automate Network Defragmentation

Yes

Diskeeper Administrator’s policy management system can automatically deploy and configure Diskeeper for all your network systems.

Simply set policies for deployment and configuration, bind them to your Active Directory within Diskeeper Administrator, and Diskeeper will automatically install and configure Diskeeper to newly added computers, and return/restore Diskeeper licenses from decommissioned systems.

IPv6 Networks Support

N/A

Yes

N/A

Diskeeper can be fully managed across native IPv6 networks.

Network-Wide Performance Reports and Alerts

Yes

Diskeeper Administrator to generate reports that allow you to easily check up on Diskeeper operations network-wide without ever leaving your desk!