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Focus on Servers: What Server Edition Is Right For You? See page 3 ® Volume 2 • Issue 8 Backing Up The Heart of Your Network See page 6 Keep them at peak performance automatically with New Diskeeper 10!

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Focus on Servers: What ServerEdition Is Right For You?

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Volume 2 • Issue 8

Backing Up The Heart of Your Network

See page 6

Keep them at peak performance automaticallywith New Diskeeper 10!

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Diskeeper Corporation, formerly ExecutiveSoftware®, was founded on July 22, 1981. During this time, the company has logged manytechnical achievements in the VMS and Windows®

industries with products like Diskeeper.

Diskeeper Corporation is a global corporationdistributed in six continents—North America,South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.Our software products are distributed in everymajor country in the world. Due to our size andfocus on system management tools, you cantrust that our products will always be dependableand that the technical support you receive will be among the fastest and most knowledgeable in the industry.

For general information onDiskeeper Corporation or any ofour products, please email,telephone or write to us. Ifthere is specific informationyou require, contact any of thebelow suitable representativesand they will be pleased to helpwith any inquiries.

About DiskeeperCorporation

ContentsFocus on Servers: What Server Edition Is Right for You? 3

Automatic Defragmentation Benefits Backing Up the Heart of Your Network 6

Diskeeper 10: Up Close & Personal 8

Diskeeper Tips & Tricks 10

The Diskeeper Corporation Maintenance Agreement 11

General Contact info:Diskeeper Corporation

7590 N. Glenoaks Blvd.Burbank, California

91504 USATel: (800) 829-6468

Fax: (818) 252-5514Email: [email protected]: www.diskeeper.com

Technical: [email protected]

PR: Colleen Toumayan—[email protected]

Sales: [email protected]

Contact Details

Diskeeper Corporation Products

For more information on our products, call us at 800-829-6468 code 9274 or

go to www.diskeeper.com/newsk66

Diskeeper®

The Number One AutomaticDefragmenter™

Undelete®

Worry-free dataprotection and

instant file recovery

Sitekeeper®

Systems managementsoftware and patch management made simple

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Focus on

Servers:

What ServerEdition Is Right For You?

Diskeeper Server Standard EditionYou won’t believe the impact of fragmentation on busy servers untilyou eliminate it with new Diskeeper 10! Diskeeper ensures maxi-mum performance and reliability with no adverse effect on safetyand performance.

The focus is on fast and efficient defragmentation with the leastamount of system resources on your servers. This edition can simul-taneously defragment up to 16 drive partitions of up to 2 TB; how-ever, system administrators with drive partitions of 100 GB or moreon mission-critical machines will want to look into Diskeeper ServerEnterprise Edition with the Terabyte Volume Engine™.

Diskeeper 10 introduces breakthrough I-FAAST™ technology(Intelligent File Access Acceleration Sequencing Technology), poisedto revolutionize data access performance on Windows Server plat-forms worldwide. (Available in both Server Standard and ServerEnterprise Editions.)

Diskeeper Server Enterprise EditionThe sharp increase in high-capacity hard disks has created ademand for a high-performance enterprise-class defragmenter, yetno one has created a solution—until now.

Diskeeper Server Enterprise Edition includes the new TerabyteVolume Engine, specially designed to defragment huge volumes inless time, plus the ability to defragment an unlimited number of diskvolumes (logical drives) simultaneously.

Diskeeper automatically launches the correct engine based on thevolume being defragmented. Enterprise Edition is recommended forWindows Server 2000/2003 Enterprise Editions and any Windowsserver running large disk volumes (100 GB+), or where maintenancetime must be kept to an absolute minimum. If your server is impor-tant enough to warrant an enterprise-class OS, then it shouldn’t runwithout Diskeeper Server Enterprise Edition.

This edition includes Diskeeper 10’s breakthrough I-FAAST technologywhich improves file access and creation times by up to 80% (average10%-20%).

Which Diskeeper 10 Server Edition is right for you?Diskeeper 10 Server Standard Edition is specially designed to run onWindows Server systems. This edition provides fast and robustdefragmentation for disk partitions up to 2 TB in size.

Diskeeper 10 Server Enterprise Edition is specially designed to runon Windows Server™ Enterprise class systems. This is the defrag-menter for large mission-critical disk drives. If you are running 100GB or more on a logical drive, this edition is strongly recommended.It is completely streamlined for unprecedented high-speed defrag-mentation while using very low system resources.

Diskeeper 10 Administrator Edition is for system administrators whorequire remote management of all computers on their site for defrag-mentation scheduling, product deployment, reports management andproactive alerts for low free space and data corruption problems.Administrator Edition provides simple, centralized Diskeeper manage-ment, whether you run a few dozen computers or a few thousand.

Focus on

Servers:

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I-FAAST is a new breakthrough technology available for the first time innew Diskeeper 10 (Professional Premier, Server Standard and Enterprise

Editions). I-FAAST gives you an added speed and performance boost tothose files accessed the most. This boost is in addition to the benefits that

Diskeeper’s automatic defragmentation gives your systems overall.

When enabled, I-FAAST (Intelligent File Access Acceleration SequencingTechnology) runs benchmarks on the disk volumes to learn their perform-

ance characteristics. Diskeeper then continually monitors volumes to deter-mine which files are requested most often. These files are intelligently

sequenced in order to increase file access and creation time by an average of10% to 20% over and above the performance gains obtained by routine frag-

mentation. In our test labs we have seen up to an 80% performance increase!

WHAT IS I-FAAST?

What Server Edition Is Right for You?

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Windows 98Windows MeWindows XP Home ✓

Windows XP Tablet PC ✓

Windows Media Center ✓ ✓

Windows NT® 4.0 Workstation ✓ ✓

Windows 2000 Professional ✓ ✓ ✓

Windows XP Professional ✓ ✓ ✓

Windows XP Professional for x64 ✓ ✓

Windows NT 4.0 Server ✓ ✓

Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Server ✓ ✓

Windows 2000 Server ✓ ✓ ✓

Windows Server 2003 Web ✓ ✓ ✓

Windows Server 2003 Standard ✓ ✓ ✓

Windows Server 2003 Standard for x64 ✓ ✓

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise ✓ ✓ ✓

Windows 2000 Advanced Server ✓ ✓ ✓

Windows 2000 Datacenter Server ✓ ✓

Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Server ✓ ✓

Windows 2000 w/Server Appliance Kit ✓ ✓

Windows Server 2003 w/ ✓ ✓Server Appliance Kit

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Whether you’re still applying patchesmanually or you have a managementsystem in place, you need to buySitekeeper 3.5!

Sitekeeper makes patch managementas easy as clicking your mouse. No dedicated hardware needed, no dictionary-size manual to read —Sitekeeper is so straightforward that

most first-time users can completely automate theirpatch management in under an hour.

Sitekeeper also handles and automates hardware andsoftware inventories, license compliance reports, andeven remote automated software installation — and it’sincredibly affordable.

“This was our first use of Sitekeeper (specificallythe Patchkeeper™ module) at this level and itworked flawlessly. In less than an hour, I had automatically patched 94 servers.

“Before we used this product, this effort wouldhave required two dedicated days from me to do each server individually. Talk about ROI! My manager was very impressed as well.”

—John O’Brien, Senior Network Systems Engineer, Keane, Inc.

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Computer Associates® ARCserve® BackupDefragmented Volume Defragmented Volume

Fragmented Defragmented (with Directory (with I-FAAST & Volume Volume Consolidation) Directory Consolidation)

Backup from Test Volume to Local Disk Backup Device

Time to Backup Test Volume, hr:min:sec 0:05:37 0:04:58 0:04:46 0:04:50

Percent Decreased from fragmented case ➪ 11.57% 15.13% 13.95%

Data Transfer Rate, MB/min 2,168.74 2,452.57 2,555.48 2,521.03

Percent Improvement over fragmented case ➪ 11.57% 15.13% 13.97%

Backup from Test Volume to Network Disk Backup Device

Time to Backup Test Volume, hr:min:sec 0:16:46 0:16:18 0:09:24 0:05:07

Percent Decreased from fragmented case ➪ 2.78% 43.94% 69.48%

Data Transfer Rate, MB/min 726.5 747.3 1,295.86 2,381.43

Percent Improvement over fragmented case ➪ 11.57% 43.94% 69.49%

(This test is not designed as an accurate comparison between backup software. In order to maintain consistency for all test cases, defaultconfigurations were used for the respective backup applications. Additional configurations may improve backup times.)

Backup PerformanceTest Results

Veritas™ Backup Exec™

Defragmented Volume Defragmented VolumeFragmented Defragmented (with Directory (with I-FAAST &

Volume Volume Consolidation) Directory Consolidation)

Backup from Test Volume to Local Disk Backup Device

Time to Backup Test Volume, hr:min:sec 0:06:16 0:05:20 0:05:37 0:05:23

Percent Decreased from fragmented case ➪ 14.89% 10.37% 14.10%

Data Transfer Rate, MB/min 1,991.00 2,368.00 2,235.00 2,322.00

Percent Improvement over fragmented case ➪ 15.92% 10.92% 14.25%

Backup from Test Volume to Network Disk Backup Device

Time to Backup Test Volume, hr:min:sec 0:08:50 0:08:17 0:06:23 0:06:11

Percent Decreased from fragmented case ➪ 6.23% 27.74% 30.00%

Data Transfer Rate, MB/min 1,386.00 1,478.00 1,942.00 1,991.00

Percent Improvement over fragmented case ➪ 6.22% 28.63% 30.39%

Backup from Test Volume to Network Tape Backup Device

Time to Backup Test Volume, hr:min:sec 0:09:44 0:09:15 0:08:30 0:08:31

Percent Decreased from fragmented case ➪ 4.97% 12.67% 12.50%

Data Transfer Rate, MB/min 1,221.00 1,284.00 1,398.00 1,395.00

Percent Improvement over fragmented case ➪ 4.91% 12.66% 12.47%

Backup PerformanceTest Results

Backing Up the HeartOf Your Network

Automatic Defragmentation Benefits

Backing Up the HeartOf Your Network

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Reliable DataProtection withUndelete Recover lost files Instantly!

Even “saved over” versionsof Microsoft® Office files!

How many users have called your Help Desk in a panicsaying they’ve lost or overwritten a critically importantfile? The Windows server recycle bin doesn’t protectfiles deleted by network clients. Restoring files frombackup takes forever, and may not get the latest versionof the file. And neither backup nor “snapshots” can helpif a user has saved over the version he or she needs.

Now there is a solution—new Undelete 5! Undelete 5replaces the recycle bin with a Recovery Bin that cap-tures and protects all deleted files, no matter how theywere deleted. Undelete works in real time, so it alwayshas the latest version of the file—and in the case ofMicrosoft Word®, Excel® and PowerPoint® files, it caneven recover earlier “saved-over” versions.

Best yet, recovering files with Undelete 5 is instant—allit takes is a few clicks of the mouse. Undelete 5 evengives you the option of letting users recover their ownfiles from server Recovery Bins!

• Undelete 5 Server Edition captures and protects deleted files on your servers.

• Undelete 5 Client allows network users torecover their deleted files from the server.

• Undelete 5 Professional Edition provideslocal file protection plus client functionality.

“We are very happy with the product and its extremeease of use. It’s true that I can generally get lost filesfrom my backup tapes, but using Undelete is muchfaster and easier. Undelete also lets me restore lostfiles that haven’t been backed up to tape, but wereeither modified incorrectly or deleted.”

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With continued expansion of organizationalstorage allocation requirements, the timerequired for file-based data backup alsocontinues to increase. Yet the time allottedfor this data backup remains constant,

exposing a critical issue. Though backup software vendorscontinue making advancements in technology to speed upthe process, disk fragmentation will continue to remain anunresolved issue that must be addressed on the file systemlevel to solve this bottleneck.

In business environments, backing up local and networkdata is commonly done with both tape devices and diskdevices. As data backup involves file access, fragmentationof data files can have a profound impact on the length oftime a backup procedure may take.

Diskeeper Corporation, an industry-leading developer of sys-tems management tools, performed a series of rigoroustests to determine the effects of fragmentation on backupoperations and the benefits of defragmentation.

In conclusion, Diskeeper Corporation has found that thetime required to backup data from a typical hard drive vol-ume to these backup devices can be decreased and thebackup data transfer rate increased by defragmenting thevolume prior to backup. Furthermore, directory consolida-tion (defragmenting and consolidating directory files) has adirect additional benefit in both of these areas. The studyshowed improvements in backup times up to 69% (decreasein total backup time)—less than one half of the time for thefragmented case. Similarly, backup data transfer ratesincreased up to 69% over that for the fragmented state—nearly 1.7 times as fast.

Using Diskeeper to automatically defragment daily, you canrest assured that your backups will perform faster, keepingbackup times down to the minimum. If you do not haveDiskeeper on all the servers you manage, contact us now—we can help you get an evaluation copy and assist you intesting it. You’ll see the benefits immediately!

Call 800-829-6468 code 9275 to speak to a Diskeeper Corporation

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D iskeeper 10 represents a milestonein the advancement of defragmen-

tation software with the addition ofIntelligent File Access AccelerationSequencing Technology (I-FAAST). Exist-ing features are presented in a stream-lined user interface. New users are cer-tain to find Diskeeper easy to use, yetcomprehensive in its capabilities. Thissection looks at key new and enhancedfeatures in Diskeeper 10.

Enhanced User Interface To present its many features in the mostintuitive way possible, the user interfaceof Diskeeper 10 is a significant leap for-ward. The new design is the result ofextensive usability testing; it provides aclean and intuitive user experience.

The updated Diskeeper 10 interface isbased on a console crafted for bothsimplified “basic” use as well as“advanced” product configuration. Thisconsole design is consistent across allDiskeeper editions; however, the HomeEdition does not include advanced con-figuration options. See Figure 1.

The redesigned user console featuresa menu bar, toolbar, quick launch pane,computer pane, tabbed dashboard,and a status bar.

Menu Bar. Alternative access to thefeatures from the Toolbar and QuickLaunch Pane.

Toolbar. Offers quick access to com-monly used controls.

Quick Launch Pane. Provides easyaccess to commonly used Diskeeperfeatures as well as shortcuts for com-mon tasks.

Computer Pane. Lists all supporteddisk volumes detected on the com-puter. Displays general informationabout each volume and schedules thathave been established for them.

Tabbed Controls. The tabs in the

Dashboard area allow quick selectionamong the Volume Map, Job Report, JobLog, and Historical Report.

Dashboard Area. This is the main“Operations Center” for Diskeeper. Eachtabbed pane shows a different aspect ofyour disks’ condition.

Status Bar. Displays the progress ofcurrently running Diskeeper tasks. Alsoshows folder location, name of filebeing moved, size of the file fragmentbeing moved, and total file size.

Key Features Diskeeper 10 is not simply an update. Itis a complete rethinking and redesignbuilt to address the special issues posedby today’s very large volume and filesizes. Diskeeper presents features in astreamlined way, improving usability. Butunder the hood, much has changed.These enhanced features includeIntelligent File Access AccelerationSequencing Technology (I-FAAST), I/OSmart, along with improvements to thedefragmentation engine and the TerabyteVolume Engine (TVE), and others.

Breakthrough I-FAASTTechnology Intelligent File Access AccelerationSequencing Technology (I-FAAST)improves file access and creation by anaverage of 10 percent to 20 percent,and by as much as 80 percent.

When I-FAAST is enabled, Diskeeperruns benchmarks on the disk volumesto learn their performance characteris-tics. Diskeeper then continually moni-tors volumes to determine which filesare requested most often. I-FAAST usesan analysis technique that preventsDiskeeper from being “fooled” by filesthat have been recently accessed.

Using collected monitoring information,Diskeeper sequences files to take bestadvantage of both the logical charac-teristics and physical characteristics ofthe volume. The sequencing process isintegrated with background defragmen-tation, making its operation transpar-ent. I-FAAST intelligence allows Disk-eeper to adapt to changing situations;if the demands on a given systemchange (such as long-dormant files

Diskeeper 10:UP CLOSE & PERSONALNew power to defragment today’s high-capacity disks

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suddenly being frequently accessed),Diskeeper adjusts its behavior.

I/O Smart EnhancementsDiskeeper’s I/O Smar t has beenenhanced to completely eliminate per-formance slows related to disk I/Osincurred during defragmentation. I/OSmart technology actively “listens” forI/O requests. During a Diskeeperdefragmentation job, if another appli-cation or process needs access to thehard drive, Diskeeper intelligentlypauses defragmentation until the otherprogram’s I/O requests are fulfilled.Once that happens, Diskeeper getsthe go-ahead to resume defragmenta-tion until another request comesalong. Combined with its high-speedengine, Diskeeper can easily defrag-ment using the “spaces” between I/Orequests, even on busy servers.

Core Defragmentation Engine Enhancements Improvements to innovative Diskeepertechnology provide enhanced defrag-mentation in extremely low free spaceconditions (even for very large files) andextremely thorough free space defrag-mentation. Further advancements to“comprehensive” defragmentation con-solidate a volume’s free space into oneor a small handful of chunks.

Terabyte Volume Engine (TVE) Improvements The enhanced TVE has improvementsto consolidate free space more thor-oughly. The TVE is specially designedfor volumes with large numbers of files.It’s the fastest and most resource-conservative defragmentation technol-ogy ever developed. Diskeeper userswith large volumes benefit from fasterdefragmentation, lower overhead anddramatically reduced total cost ofownership (TCO).

Frag Shield Fragmentation of the Master File Table(MFT) on NTFS volumes and paging filescan seriously impair system perform-ance and reliability. Since the Windowsoperating system relies heavily onthese, the effect of their fragmentationis often much greater than when a nor-mal file is fragmented. Since specialmeasures must be taken to defragmentthese files, it is better to prevent theirfragmentation in the first place. TheFrag Shield feature configures thesecritical system files optimally, helping tokeep them contiguous from the start.

Defragmentation Methods Diskeeper supports several types ofdefragmentation; each suits a particu-lar need.

• Quick Defragmentation.This method minimizes defragmenta-tion time by placing the emphasis ondefragmenting files, rather than con-solidating free space. This methodcompletes faster and uses fewer sys-tem resources.

• Recommended Defragmentation. This is the default and provides a provenand balanced mix of file defragmenta-tion and free space consolidation. Ituses slightly more system resources.

• Comprehensive Defragmentation. This method performs additional freespace consolidation. It requires addi-tional processing and time. Free spaceconsolidation improvements are real-ized gradually over time. This methodis best suited for scheduled defrag-mentation jobs; it is not available forManual Defragmentation Jobs.

For any given defragmentation method,Diskeeper provides an option to moreefficiently defragment larger files. Whenselected, large files are defragmentedonly as much as needed to improveaccess. This option can save consider-able system resources and shortendefragmentation jobs.

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Download our free utility today—find out the fragmentation level of every machine at your site!The Disk Performance Analyzer for Networks™ is a freeutility that detects and reports severe fragmentation-related performance loss on your networked systems.

The Performance Analyzer provides single-pointanalysis of each system’s disk performance. It iden-tifies performance bottlenecks that might otherwisego undetected—turning machines into sluggish,maintenance-hogging headaches.

Download this free utility and find out today howfragmentation is severely affecting the performanceof your systems. With Disk Performance Analyzer forNetworks, you can zero in on the machines thatneed attention and handle them before they turninto help desk problems.

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Fragmentation Cripplesthe Performance and

Speed of YourEntire Network

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Definitely. Diskeeper supports all levels of soft-ware-based and hardware-based RAID arrays.

RAID arrays are often used to increase systemperformance. In a RAID array of four disk drives,for example, a file can be accessed up to fourtimes as fast as on a single drive. This isbecause the file is spread between the fourdrives, and all four drives can be accessed atthe same time. Because of this, the file can be retrieved much more rapidly. However, thesefile parts can become fragmented on the indi-vidual drives, just like the files on a single diskdrive, which reduces the speed advantagegained by RAID. In fact, the effects of fragmen-tation can be more obvious in a RAID array thanin a single disk drive.

Diskeeper defragments RAID arrays just as itwould single disk drives. Diskeeper sees theRAID environment just as the file system does.That is, Diskeeper defragments the virtual drive.Diskeeper improves the speed and performanceof a RAID environment by eliminating wastefuland unnecessary I/Os from being issued by thefile system. In our four-drive array example, itwould defragment the pieces of the file on eachseparate drive as though they were separatefiles. Diskeeper moves pieces of a file asdirected by the RAID controller.

Should I Use Diskeeper on RAID Arrays?

How Do I Install Diskeeper Remotely?DISKEEPER

TipsTricks&

Diskeeper is certified for Windows clustering. Torun Diskeeper in a clustered environment, per-form the following steps:

1. On the system that has control of the clusteredvolume(s), install Diskeeper and schedule it.

2. Fail the clustered volumes over to the othersystem, install Diskeeper and schedule it.

After you perform these steps, Diskeeper willrun on the clustered system that remains inoperation after the other clustered system hasexperienced a system failure. Diskeeper willalso run on the clustered volume in an active-active cluster, defragmenting the clustered vol-ume on the system that currently has control ofthe volume.

Note: The Diskeeper Boot-Time Defragmentation will not runon clustered volumes.

Does Diskeeper Support Windows Clustering?

The preferred method for installing Diskeeper oncomputers across your network is thePushInstall™ feature, available in DiskeeperAdministrator Edition. Using the PushInstall fea-ture, Diskeeper Administrator Edition can installDiskeeper Professional Edition or DiskeeperServer Standard Edition simultaneously to multi-ple computers on a network from a singlemachine acting as an administrative console.Diskeeper PushInstall can save you a tremen-dous amount of time and effort, especially onlarge networks, where the same software needsto be installed on hundreds, or even thousandsof computers.

To make use of the PushInstall feature, you mustinstall Diskeeper Administrator Edition on a com-puter that will act as the administrative consolefor all your Diskeeper installations network-wide.You must also be logged into a domain adminis-trator account. The receiving computers must berunning a Windows version suppor ted byDiskeeper Professional Edition or DiskeeperServer Standard Edition.

Refer to the Diskeeper Administrator EditionUser’s Manual or Help system for detailedinstructions on using the PushInstall feature.

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The Diskeeper CorporationMaintenance Agreement—KEEP YOUR SOFTWARE CURRENT AUTOMATICALLY

Receive upgrades

automatically when new

software versions are

released

Would you like to always have the most currentversion of your software at the best possibleprice— even at a savings of up to 50%*?

Diskeeper Corporation Maintenance Programsare available for volume license products(Diskeeper, Sitekeeper and Undelete).

With a 1- or 2-year Diskeeper maintenance agree-ment, you’re guaranteed to get new versions ofDiskeeper at no additional cost. Purchasing main-tenance for your volume license gives you a dra-matic cost savings of up to 50% compared to anupgrade purchase. Maintenance can pay for itselfwith only one upgrade!

Maintenance Program Benefits:Free updates and upgrades provided automatically.

Cost Savings: our 1- or 2-year maintenance pro-gram is up to 50% less than the cost for buyingupgrades.

Easy Budget Management: our renewable mainte-nance programs make it easy to budget for futureexpenses. Furthermore, no additional costs areincurred for upgrades as they are covered underthe maintenance program.

Convenient Website Downloads: quick and easyaccess to downloading updates from our site.

Efficiency: have the latest and greatest versionsof the software, which always includes the new-est features and enhancements.

With a maintenance agreement on your volumelicense software, you will be among the first to auto-matically receive your free upgrade to your productduring the agreement period. This way, you alwaysstay up-to-date on your software, have the newesttechnology available and enjoy the benefits.

A maintenance agreement also provides the advan-tage of being able to budget your software costs forthe next 1–2 years (depending on contract length).

If you have any questions regarding the DiskeeperCorporation Maintenance Program, please contactyour favorite reseller or a Diskeeper Corporationsales representative at 800-829-6468 code 9276.

*savings depends on product purchased and volume license level of software.

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Diskeeper Sells 20Million Licenses

On July 5th 2006, Diskeeper, the NumberOne Automatic Defragmenter for Windows,surpassed 20 million licenses sold—mak-ing it the best-selling standalone defrag-menter of all time.

Fragmentation is a major cause of com-puter performance degradation. Per TheWindows IT Pro whitepaper, The Impact ofDisk Fragmentation, heavy fragmentationcan cause applications such as MicrosoftWord to slow down by 15x, Internet Explorerby 2x; anti-virus scanner by 3x and Outlook®

by 3x. It is the mission of Diskeeper to erad-icate these delays, thereby restoring sys-tem performance and increased productionin the workplace.

Fragmentation is a recognized problem forthe business community. It’s no longerjust an IT issue—it’s a core businessissue. More than 300 of the Fortune 500companies use Diskeeper as their auto-matic defragmenter. This is a must-haveperformance utility for any business, asevidenced by the 20 million licenses sold.