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. ####
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. ###