Do I need defragment on server running RAID 5?

[Guest Bobson]

Hi everyone,

 

I would like to ask if I need to run the defragment on a server running RAID

5 (hardware)?

 

If so, have anyone tried the 3rd party like Diskkeeper? Any comments?

 

Also, no matter what I used to defragment, would that mess up the Shadow

Copy on the data or the config on the server? I just read thru some posts

here so I ask this one.

 

Thank you very much in advance for your help!

 

Bobson

[Guest SBS Rocker]

Re: Do I need defragment on server running RAID 5?

 

I use diskeeper om my RAID5 array with no problems.

 

"Bobson" <Bobson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:18D9A039-0860-480C-A0E2-25BC1CBFFFF5@microsoft.com...

> Hi everyone,

>

> I would like to ask if I need to run the defragment on a server running

> RAID

> 5 (hardware)?

>

> If so, have anyone tried the 3rd party like Diskkeeper? Any comments?

>

> Also, no matter what I used to defragment, would that mess up the Shadow

> Copy on the data or the config on the server? I just read thru some posts

> here so I ask this one.

>

> Thank you very much in advance for your help!

>

> Bobson

>

>

[Aevin]

Re: Do I need defragment on server running RAID 5?

 

The latest versions of Diskeeper are VSS compatible according to their website:

http://www.diskeeper.com/diskeeper/home/dk2008comparisonchart-home.asp

[Guest Bobson]

Re: Do I need defragment on server running RAID 5?

 

THank you for all your response. But do you think if I really need to have

to program to maintain the disk fragment issue?

 

"Aevin" wrote:

>

> The latest versions of Diskeeper are VSS compatible according to their

> website:

> http://tinyurl.com/ywuauz

>

>

> --

> Aevin

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>

>

[Guest SBS Rocker]

Re: Do I need defragment on server running RAID 5?

 

Either that or you do a "monthly" maintenance and run chkdsk.

 

"Bobson" <Bobson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> THank you for all your response. But do you think if I really need to

> have

> to program to maintain the disk fragment issue?

>

> "Aevin" wrote:

>

>>

>> The latest versions of Diskeeper are VSS compatible according to their

>> website:

>> http://tinyurl.com/ywuauz

>>

>>

>> --

>> Aevin

>> Posted via http://ms-os.com Forum to Usenet gateway

>>

>>

[Guest Bobson]

Re: Do I need defragment on server running RAID 5?

 

Thank you SBS Rocker!

 

In fact, in my career life, I never defragment any file servers... Usually I

only did it on desktops...

 

How do I know when the disk needs defragment (rather than just run the tool

in the disk mgmt in Manage)?

 

"SBS Rocker" wrote:

> Either that or you do a "monthly" maintenance and run chkdsk.

>

> "Bobson" <Bobson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:89B72DD0-3E7C-4922-8BFC-91F869422424@microsoft.com...

> > THank you for all your response. But do you think if I really need to

> > have

> > to program to maintain the disk fragment issue?

> >

> > "Aevin" wrote:

> >

> >>

> >> The latest versions of Diskeeper are VSS compatible according to their

> >> website:

> >> http://tinyurl.com/ywuauz

> >>

> >>

> >> --

> >> Aevin

> >> Posted via http://ms-os.com Forum to Usenet gateway

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

[Guest DevilsPGD]

Re: Do I need defragment on server running RAID 5?

 

In message <uFp$8QGLIHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl> "SBS Rocker"

<noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote:

>Either that or you do a "monthly" maintenance and run chkdsk.

 

What does a chkdsk have to do with defragmenting?

[Aevin]

Re: Do I need defragment on server running RAID 5?

 

Chkdsk checks for file system integrity before a defrag, so that the chance of messing up data during a defrag due to file system errors, is minimized. If a volume is not alright, then a defrag won't most likely run on it until it's been fixed. (chkdsk /f). It's a good idea to run chkdsk if you suspect something is wrong, or if you haven't run one in a long time.

 

Reg. when to defrag, you have to run the analysis from the built-in defragmenter, decide whether you need to defrag and schedule a defrag job for the relevant volumes, or run them manually.

 

For automatic defraggers, the analysis is automatically done in the background, and if necessary, defragmentation occurs, again automatically, when there are sufficient free system resources to do so i.e. usually when idling. Over the long term, this is a more efficient and effective solution compared to the manual/scheduled defrag IMHO. YMMV.