Today's File Sizes Mean Serious File Fragmentation

BURBANK, CA, Apr 10 (MARKET WIRE) --
File fragmentation -- the splitting of files into multiple pieces (fragments)
in order to save more files on a hard drive -- has always been a problem. Even
back when file sizes were normally in the 1 to 2 kilobyte range, files split
into
tens or hundreds of fragments were not uncommon at all. Because of the extra
I/O traffic it took to access such files, computer performance could be
brought to its knees, and defragmenters quickly hit the market right from the
beginning to address the problem. But today, because file sizes have grown
unbelievably,so has file fragmentation -- and it's more serious than ever.

Today a file size of 1 to 2 kilobytes is highly unusual. The advent of
common graphic, sound and video files means that file sizes are now normally
measured in megabytes (1 megabyte is approximately 1,000 kilobytes), and even
common application files which were always considered small have grown markedly.
Microsoft Word files, which used to be mainly text, now usually include graphics
and photos. Microsoft Excel files, which used to consist only of figures and
calculations, can now include graphics and photos as well. Microsoft Power Point
presentations used to consist of graphics and text but now include sound and
video files. And the number of fragments per file has grown along with the
average file size -- today, it is not unusual to find files split into tens
of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of fragments.

Back when file sizes were smaller, defragmenter solutions became available
which
could be scheduled to run during times when users weren't on a computer. At
the time, they worked well; for example, a defragmenter could be set to run at
night and in the morning defragmentation would be complete and performance
would be restored. Today, however, scheduled defragmentation is no longer
keeping up with the rate and scope of fragmentation; in between scheduled runs
fragmentation is continuing to build and impact performance. In some cases, as
with
today's very large terabyte drives, fragmentation is not being addressed at
all.

Additionally, there are many cases -- as with web servers, for example --
that computers are accessed 24X7 and have no "downtime" during which a
scheduled defragmentation run can occur.

Because of today's file sizes and the resulting fragmentation, the only true
solution is one that is completely automatic and runs invisibly in the
background. Instead of having to defrag on a schedule, it defragments whenever
idle
resources are available. User performance is never negatively impacted and no
scheduling is ever needed.

Today's file sizes mean serious fragmentation -- and fortunately, there is
now a serious solution for it.

Contact:
Bruce Boyers Marketing Services
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