Diskeeper 2008 Comparison Chart - Business Editions |
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| Technology |
| InvisiTasking™ |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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. |
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| I-FAAST™ 2.0 New! |
No |
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Yes |
Yes |
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. |
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| Frag-Shield™ 2.0 New! |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
Frag shield dynamically reduces fragmentation of critical system files, maintaining system stability and reliability. Frag Shield performs two vital tasks: It helps prevent fragmentation of the MTF (Master File Tables - the place where information about every file and directory on an NTFS hard drive is stored).
It also assists you in setting up your paging files (a hidden file on your computer's hard disk that Windows XP & Vista uses as if it were RAM) such that fragmentation will be very unlikely to occur in the future. Frag Shield helps you configure your paging files as recommended in published Microsoft guidelines.
The MFT fragmentation prevention technology in Frag Shield is fully automatic and it operates invisibly using InvisiTasking technology. |
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| Intelligent Defragmentation New! |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper’s logic controller, which detects various volume and system conditions and chooses the most effective algorithm, has been re-designed to deliver performance benefits faster and more efficiently. |
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| Terabyte Volume Engine™ |
No |
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Yes |
N/A |
| Terabyte Volume Engine provides fast, safe and complete defragmentation of large volumes with millions of files for incredible performance on large drives. |
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| Performance |
| System Resource Use |
Medium |
Low |
Low |
Low |
Low |
N/A |
| Very low system resources are used. |
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| High Speed Defragmentation Engine |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper's high-speed defragmentation engine works silently and quickly in the background, keeping up with the fragmentation as it occurs. |
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| Defrag volumes with less than 1% free space New! |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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 2008 can restore lost performance and save the applications reliant on those files from major reliability failures. |
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| Defragment severely fragmented files (millions) New! |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Even if your computer system has a file in millions of fragments, Diskeeper 2008 can restore lost performance and save the applications reliant on those files from major reliability failures. |
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| Special Features |
| 64-bit Operating Systems Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper works with 64-bit operating systems such as Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Media Center, Windows XP Tablet PC, and Windows 2000 Professional. |
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| Boot Time System File Defragmentation |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Safely performs Microsoft®-recommended defragmentation of critical system files to improve performance and reliability. |
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| Automatic Online Directory Consolidation |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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. |
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| Defragment All Volumes Simultaneously |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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. |
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| Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Compatible Mode New! |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
Diskeeper 2008 eliminates the need to choose between the benefits of VSS and defragmentation. The new VSS-compatible mode in Diskeeper 2008 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. |
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| Windows Server Compatible |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper 2008 Server and EnterpriseServer works with Microsoft Server products. |
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| Disk Size Limits |
N/A |
768 GB |
2 TB |
2 TB |
Unlimited |
N/A |
| Diskeeper 2008 Professional can support up to 768 GB per volume. Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier and Server Editions support up to 2 TB per volume. Diskeeper EnterpriseServer supports an unlimited disk size. |
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| Product Management |
| Historical Reporting |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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. |
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| Real-Time Dashboard |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| The Dashboard shows the disk fragmentation and system resources used in real-time. |
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| Power Management for Laptops |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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. |
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| Run Time Graphical Control |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Run Time Graphical Control gives the user an easy-to-understand visual representation of the disk. |
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| NETWORK MANAGEMENT |
| Group Policy Management Support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper can be administered network-wide via several different methods. The primary network
administration tool for Diskeeper is Diskeeper Administrator, a single point of control for all your
Diskeeper administration needs. However, 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. The Diskeeper.adm template file is available free of charge from the
Diskeeper Corporation website at www.diskeeper.com /diskeeper/grouppolicy.asp |
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| Centralized Administrative Control |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Diskeeper Administrator provides centralized defragmentation management, alerting, and reporting tools
to empower System Administrators with easy network-wide control. |
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| Deploy Diskeeper Across Your Entire Network |
No |
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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.
If you do not already have Diskeeper Administrator you can download fully functional 30-day trialware from www.diskeeper.com/downloads
and use the software (during the trial period) to quickly and easily deploy Diskeeper across your network. If you have more than 10-20
machines to which you plan to install software, Diskeeper Administrator will save you significant time.
To make use of the PushInstall feature, you must install Diskeeper Administrator on a computer that will act as the administrative console
for all your Diskeeper installations network-wide. You must also be logged into a domain administrator account or an account that is a
local administrator account on the target computers. The receiving computers must be running a Windows version supported by Diskeeper
Professional or Diskeeper Server. |
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| Automate Defragmentation For All Your Systems |
No |
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Yes |
| Diskeeper Administrator can setup rules and settings for all your Diskeeper products. |
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| Network-Wide Performance Reports and Alerts |
No |
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Yes |
| Diskeeper Administrator to generate reports that allow you to easily check up on Diskeeper operations
network-wide without ever leaving your desk! |
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