PerfectDisk

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PerfectDisk

Developed by	Raxco Software
Latest release	9.0.0.52 / April 17, 2008 (2008-04-17); 55 days ago
OS	Microsoft Windows
Genre	Defragmentation utilities
License	Proprietary
Website	Raxco.com

PerfectDisk is a Windows defragmentation utility published by Raxco Software. It has won several awards from computer magazines,^[1] and is certified by Microsoft for all its current NTFS-based operating systems.^[2] The latest version is PerfectDisk 2008, released on January 29, 2008.

PerfectDisk is designed for use by consumers (novice and power users, gamers, videographers, etc.), small and medium businesses, and enterprises.

In addition to defragmenting files, it also optimizes disk drives with a patented optimization strategy called SMARTPlacement. This optimization strategy organizes files by usage, resulting in a slower rate of refragmentation and also fewer resources being consumed.

PerfectDisk defragments all data and system files and places a high priority on free space consolidation.

PerfectDisk attempts to completely defragment drives in a single pass of a drive, as opposed to the Windows Defragmenter's approach of running continuously and gradually defragmenting the file system.

1 Features
2 Editions
3 See also
4 Notes and references
5 External links

[edit] Features

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Scheduled defrag managed by internal task scheduler^[3]
Boot-time defrag of metadata^[4], Master File Table and pagefile
Free Space defragmentation
Places older (program) files near start of the drive, and newer (data) files near the end of the drive, closer to free space^[5]
Supports terabyte-sized drives
Full integration with Microsoft Active Directory
Provides enterprise-wide defrag management and reporting

[edit] Editions

The current version, PerfectDisk 2008, is segmented into the following editions:

PerfectDisk 2008 Professional, for workstations, laptops and standalone PCs running Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2000
PerfectDisk Server, for Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003
PerfectDisk for Exchange, which works only with Microsoft Exchange Server data.^[6] and automates the process of defragmenting Exchange data stores to recapture Exchange space and improve performance, and also defragments the Exchange server.
PerfectDisk Rx Suite, aimed at novice and home users.
PerfectDisk 2008 for Vmware, for VMware Workstation and VMware Server systems. With a single installation, defragments the host machine as well as guest drives, and re-indexes VMware data structures and Shrinks the drives to reclaim space.
PerfectDisk 2008 for Windows Home Server for Windows Home Server environments.

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

^ PerfectDisk wins PC Magazine Editors' Choice, Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice, Redmond Magazine Readers' Choice, Download.com's, About.com's and CHIPS Magazine's (Germany) 5-star awards, and Vector Users' Choice (Japan's largest download site) Award; see also Editor's Choice, PC Magazine May 24, 2005, 2004 and 2002;
Windows IT Pro Magazine, Cover Story: Readers' Choice Awards, Sept 2006[1]
^ "Where Is All The Vista Software?" PC Magazine Feb 2007
^ The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop - Schaser-Vartan Books 2003 (ISBN 0-972903-909)
^ Metadata defrag introduced in 1999
^ Patent awarded in 1995, US Patent number 5,398,142
^ Introduced in 2000, Exchange product received "Reader's Choice Award" in Windows IT Pro Magazine, Cover Story: Readers' Choice Awards, Sept 2006 [2]