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Does Windows Disk Defragmenter or
Diskeeper accomplish the same things GOexchange does?
No.
The built in Windows defragmenter, Diskeeper and other third party disk
defragmentation utilities accomplish totally different results then
those achieved by GOexchange.
First, it's important to
understand that GOexchange is much more then a defragmentation tool.
GOexchange works with expert knowledge and consistency at the database
level. GOexchange can repair errors and warnings, fix minor
inconsistencies, consolidate white space, rebuild the database
itself, and ensure that group collaboration objects like mail, tasks, calendar
and other items are optimized and in tact.
Disk based
defragmentation tools focus on ensuring files are laid out across a disk
in a contiguous fashion. Doing so speeds up the operation of
products because the files can be accessed in a more efficient manner.
In addition disk based
defragmentation shouldn't be necessary on the drives containing the
*.EDB and *.STM files because Microsoft extends the Exchange
databases in 16-MB chunks, therefore the Exchange databases are usually
not fragmented enough to warrant a defragmentation of the file system
itself. You can certainly run a disk defragmentation if you like, but
you typically don't see a performance gain due to using the built in and
or third party disk based defragmentation tools.
NOTE:
At one
point there was a bug in Exchange 2000 that would cause it to extend the
database by only 1 MB at a time, and in that case the database would
become very fragmented and a performance issue could result. However,
that has been fixed since SP1.
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