Home Forums SQL Server 2005 Administering PerfectDisk Vs DisKeeper RE: PerfectDisk Vs DisKeeper

  • June 10, 2011 at 8:12 am

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    Thanks all. 1 PerfectDisk, 1 not DisKeeper and 1 Neutral leans me in that I was going the correct path for the current needs.

    I have been trying to avoid the maintenance window, but due to the drives being online for about 3 years with no real fragmentation statistics I will be looking to go for the maintenance window over slow time. The biggest problem I had is that there are no analytical tools going for WHAT is the peak usage time on that server. The Net guys are working to get Ignite going so I can get that data. It was preferred that I get use that software as opposed to perfmon and my own SQL server level monitoring tools I developed as it will give the usage store in an independant server. Thanks for the posts on that, it gives good reassurance when I take the window to Net and Dir of IT.

    We have the perfect opportunity here to test out the S.M.A.R.T. capabilities on the new test server for drive monitoring. I have not seen anything like this around the DisKeeper application.

    Just a few other Qs in case the answers are known:

    Does DisKeeper have any analysis tools as part of it other than fragmentation that would otherwise not be listed on their site (drive health monitoring, disk usage reporting, other reporting)?

    Does PerfectDisk have the same throttle control capability (and as good of one) that I have heard DisKeeper is good at, as to not pool all resources or allow other processes resources first?

    Does anyone leave either application running for preventative fragmentation ability they both have ON, 24/7 and if so are there any statistic that would lead to believe that it would put extra wear on spidles and heads?

    Side note is if anyone knows of any defrag utility for server environment supporting Raid drives on large (over 1 TB) systems that also has S.M.A.R.T. capabilities, I would love to hear the name and do some research into. I am concerned that the head movement over the years could weaken the drive stability so the analytics on that and any advanced notice I could get would be of help.

    Thanks again!

    -Matt