What do you use to defrag Windows 2003 SP2 servers ?

[Bob]

Hello,

I need to setup an automated disk defrag for my servers, I saw the
performance on one server was bad during backing up disks - I use Symantec
backup exec to backup - taking "much" longer to backup the disks, I did an
"analyze" on both disks and they were in "bad" shape.

So I did a manual defrag on both disks on the specific server and all is good.

I was thinking about using the standard Windows defrag, run all servers
every 30 days - schedule times off hours - I can have a schedule for each
disk - disc C starts ###, 4 hours later disk D starts --- not to run
together.

Just wondering your thoughts on defrag on server 2003 servers - use the
standard windows or you use a third party software ?

Thanks,
Bob

 

[Paul Jensen]

I always recommend Diskeeper. It does background defrags whenever needed.

The built-in defragger really doesn't cut it, for desktops or servers.



"Bob" wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I need to setup an automated disk defrag for my servers, I saw the
> performance on one server was bad during backing up disks - I use Symantec
> backup exec to backup - taking "much" longer to backup the disks, I did an
> "analyze" on both disks and they were in "bad" shape.
>
> So I did a manual defrag on both disks on the specific server and all is good.
>
> I was thinking about using the standard Windows defrag, run all servers
> every 30 days - schedule times off hours - I can have a schedule for each
> disk - disc C starts ###, 4 hours later disk D starts --- not to run
> together.
>
> Just wondering your thoughts on defrag on server 2003 servers - use the
> standard windows or you use a third party software ?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>

 

[Leythos]

In article ,
PaulJensen@discussions.microsoft.com says...
>
> I always recommend Diskeeper. It does background defrags whenever needed.
>
> The built-in defragger really doesn't cut it, for desktops or servers.

I always found that diskeeper used resources and didn't release them
properly on servers - that it would not stop defragging quick enough
when the server was under load.

JKDefrag can be run from a batch file, is far better than MS's Defrag,
and you can tell it how much CPU to use.

A simple batch file to start it, another to stop it when you really need
to ensure it's not running (Start at 3AM, stop at 5AM)....



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[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Leythos wrote:
> In article ,
> PaulJensen@discussions.microsoft.com says...
>>
>> I always recommend Diskeeper. It does background defrags whenever
>> needed.
>>
>> The built-in defragger really doesn't cut it, for desktops or
>> servers.
>
> I always found that diskeeper used resources and didn't release them
> properly on servers - that it would not stop defragging quick enough
> when the server was under load.
>
> JKDefrag can be run from a batch file, is far better than MS's Defrag,
> and you can tell it how much CPU to use.
>
> A simple batch file to start it, another to stop it when you really
> need to ensure it's not running (Start at 3AM, stop at 5AM)....

I love JKDefrag. But he now has a new version, 4x, which has been renamed
MyDefrag. It's quite nice as well.

 

[Leythos]

In article ,
lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com says...
>
> Leythos wrote:
> > In article ,
> > PaulJensen@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> >>
> >> I always recommend Diskeeper. It does background defrags whenever
> >> needed.
> >>
> >> The built-in defragger really doesn't cut it, for desktops or
> >> servers.
> >
> > I always found that diskeeper used resources and didn't release them
> > properly on servers - that it would not stop defragging quick enough
> > when the server was under load.
> >
> > JKDefrag can be run from a batch file, is far better than MS's Defrag,
> > and you can tell it how much CPU to use.
> >
> > A simple batch file to start it, another to stop it when you really
> > need to ensure it's not running (Start at 3AM, stop at 5AM)....
>
> I love JKDefrag. But he now has a new version, 4x, which has been renamed
> MyDefrag. It's quite nice as well.

Yep, and I love the config files for it - I've moved to it - you can
still find it by searching for JKDefrag.

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