How is Auslogics so fast?

[fwacct4]

I understand that a deeper and more thorough defrag can be valuable, and I think there is a place for that.

But Auslogics seems to get the job done for the most part.

I'm thinking there must be a huge trade-off, but how come other defragging software don't allow options that make it end as quickly?

 

[Rottie]

I like Diskeeper it works great but that is on my windows xp desktop. I am using Fraggler on my notebook it is real slow...I get used to it. Diskeeper has a lot of options like set and forgot so it will defrag background even you dont notice any slowdown. Fraggler doesnt have any options.

 

[Nothinman]

I understand that a deeper and more thorough defrag can be valuable, and I think there is a place for that.

The places that defragging actually matters are very few and far between, it's not worth worrying about.

 

[Fardringle]

From what I have seen, Auslogics just consolidates fragmented files and ignores everything else. It doesn't bother to rearrange files or optimize empty space on the drive, which is what usually takes most of the time in other defragmenting programs.

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: Rottie
I like Diskeeper it works great but that is on my windows xp desktop. I am using Fraggler on my notebook it is real slow...I get used to it. Diskeeper has a lot of options like set and forgot so it will defrag background even you dont notice any slowdown. Fraggler doesnt have any options.

I use Defraggler now, you can choose what is defragemented.
http://www.defraggler.com/

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Fardringle
From what I have seen, Auslogics just consolidates fragmented files and ignores everything else. It doesn't bother to rearrange files or optimize empty space on the drive, which is what usually takes most of the time in other defragmenting programs.

Yes, a while back I looked into it too and came up with the fact it doesn't do many of the things the built in defragger does.

 

[spikespiegal]

The places that defragging actually matters are very few and far between, it's not worth worrying about.

I have such a situation.

I have a video surveillance server where the moron who installed the monitoring software set the storage limit to 99%. Software, as far as we know, only allows this to be changed during installation (Geovision 800 if anybody knows about it).

Tech support refuses to repond because the original software license can't be found.

So, the 200gig drive it's running fills up and starts fragmenting horribly. Last couple hundred or so megs of video files start to 'shotgun' all over the partition and it explodes from there. Only way to keep the thing running is every couple of weeks I have to down the box, manually delete older video files, and run a de-frag, which over a day to complete.

Auslogic was worthless. Guess I'll try Defraggler.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: spikespiegal

The places that defragging actually matters are very few and far between, it's not worth worrying about.

I have such a situation.

I have a video surveillance server where the moron who installed the monitoring software set the storage limit to 99%. Software, as far as we know, only allows this to be changed during installation (Geovision 800 if anybody knows about it).

Tech support refuses to repond because the original software license can't be found.

So, the 200gig drive it's running fills up and starts fragmenting horribly. Last couple hundred or so megs of video files start to 'shotgun' all over the partition and it explodes from there. Only way to keep the thing running is every couple of weeks I have to down the box, manually delete older video files, and run a de-frag, which over a day to complete.

Auslogic was worthless. Guess I'll try Defraggler.

Couldn't you use a larger HD. That would buy you time, and you could set any defrag to run automatically.

 

[Nothinman]

Originally posted by: spikespiegal

The places that defragging actually matters are very few and far between, it's not worth worrying about.

I have such a situation.

I have a video surveillance server where the moron who installed the monitoring software set the storage limit to 99%. Software, as far as we know, only allows this to be changed during installation (Geovision 800 if anybody knows about it).

Tech support refuses to repond because the original software license can't be found.

So, the 200gig drive it's running fills up and starts fragmenting horribly. Last couple hundred or so megs of video files start to 'shotgun' all over the partition and it explodes from there. Only way to keep the thing running is every couple of weeks I have to down the box, manually delete older video files, and run a de-frag, which over a day to complete.

Auslogic was worthless. Guess I'll try Defraggler.

Sucks to be you. Why the manual process though? That sounds like something that would fairly easily scriptable.