The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk Fragmentation
Author: Mike Danseglio
Storing data on a disk has become less expensive and more convenient in modern times. But with that increase in storage capacity and decrease in price comes a problem of management.
There are many common misunderstandings leading to operational inefficiencies when it comes to the management of disk fragmentation and defragmentation.
The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk Fragmentation will help IT professionals, analysts, and engineers to understand the benefit of a holistic disk defragmentation strategy across the enterprise.
The new guide will examine how the pervasive problem of fragmentation affects a computer system and what approaches are effective in reducing these effects. Lastly, the guide will outline the mechanics of automatic
defragmentation, and how to select and deploy an automatic defragmentation solution.
This eBook will be released one chapter per month. You'll receive notification of subsequent chapters and podcasts as they become available.
eBook overview:
- Chapter 1 - Introduction to Disk Architecture.
Computers were initially designed to store and process data. Little has changed in this regard since the invention of the modern computer in the mid-20th century. However, the scale has increased tremendously.
Computers process an immense amount of data, and that data must be stored somewhere. On modern computers, that storage is usually a hard disk. The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk Fragmentation will explore the storage
of data on hard disks, and Chapter 1 will examine how modern computers and operating systems (OSs) implement disk storage and access. Later chapters will explore one pervasive problem with such storage—fragmentation.
This guide will also examine how fragmentation affects a computer system and what approaches are effective in reducing the effects.
- Chapter 2 - Issues with Disk Fragmentation.
Storing data on a disk has become less expensive and more convenient in modern times. But with that increase in storage capacity and decrease in price comes a problem of management. There are many common misunderstandings leading to operational inefficiencies when it comes
to the management of disk fragmentation and defragmentation. This chapter explores the most common issue in disk operation—fragmentation. It happens to all disks on all operating systems (OSs). It can affect the health of the system. And it’s easily repairable.
- Chapter 3 - Solving Disk Fragmentation Issues
- Chapter 4 - The Business Case for Defragmentation