Released on: September 18, 2008, 11:43 am

Press Release Author: Raxco Software, Inc.

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: PerfectDisk 2008’s scheduling options enhance virtualization
performance. Also helps prevent bottlenecks that are common with “on-the-fly” disk
defragmenters. This flexibility ensures peak performance in virtual environments.


Press Release Body: GAITHERSBURG, MD – Raxco Software, the leader in disk
defragmentation software, confirmed today that PerfectDisk 2008’s multiple
scheduling options enhance virtualization performance and prevent bottlenecks that
are common with “on-the-fly” disk defragmenters. This flexibility provided by
PerfectDisk® helps ensure peak performance in virtual environments.

The limitation of only being able to defrag drives when a computer is idle often
presents problems in production server environments. This is because there is no
guarantee that a busy production server will have sufficient idle resources for a
defragmenter to run effectively, particularly in virtual environments. Because a
virtual machine is unaware of disk activity generated by other virtual machines, if
all virtual machines are “idle” and begin defragmenting, the increased I/O activity
can quickly overload the disk hosting the virtual machines and cause performance
issues for all of the virtual machines.

PerfectDisk 2008’s ability to schedule defragmentation to occur at a defined time
provides system managers with the ability to manage disk I/O so that defragmenting
of virtual machines does not overload the I/O capacity of the host drive. One group
of virtual machines can be scheduled to defragment at a specific time and another
group of virtual machines can be scheduled to defragment at a different time. With
PerfectDisk 2008’s throttling capabilities, it will ensure that when it defragments
a virtual machine, it does so with the least amount of system resource impact.

Winner of numerous awards, including Windows IT Pro Editors’ Choice award, Windows
IT Pro Readers’ Choice award, Redmond Magazine’s Best of the Best, PC Magazine’s
Editor’s Choice, and top-rated 5 stars from CNET editors and About.com, Raxco’s
PerfectDisk answers the unique needs of users in the enterprise, SMB and home office
environments.
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About Raxco Software
Raxco Software has been helping large enterprises, small businesses, and consumers
with their computer resource management needs for thirty years. Its PerfectDisk 2008
is Windows® Certified by Microsoft® for Vista and Windows Server® 2008, and
optimized for Windows XP. The PerfectDisk line has a long award-winning history,
most notably its perfect 5-star review from CNET Download, winner of the Windows IT
Pro 2005, 2006 Readers’ Choice Awards for Defragmentation Utility and Storage
Management Tool, Redmond Magazine’s Best of the Best Award, and PC Magazine’s
Editors’ Choice award. Raxco also produces optimization software, for HP’s OpenVMS
operating system. Raxco Software can be found on the Web at www.perfectdisk.com.
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Web Site: http://www.perfectdisk.com

Contact Details: 6 Montgomery Village Avenue
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
301-519-7836
smurray@raxco.com