#Diskkeeper 16 manual#

IntelliMemory pools available system RAM to store frequently used disk 'blocks' in RAM, and discards blocks that aren't as frequently accessed in a 'read' cache, and Intelliwrite, queues and delays data in memory before it is written to the physical media in the 'optimal' location. Using the CPU and System RAM allows for different strategies and pre-caching of file blocks. Modern HDD's and SSD's already have a similar function (NCQ), to cache read/writes and align/queue writes in a limited way.

#Diskkeeper 16 manual#

along with a manual and idle consolidation of files to prevent and reduce fragments in the first place.

Instead of working to arrange files after they have been stored, or restructuring the file layout for performance and moving the entire content of the drive slowly into the 'new' alignment, it's an instant/automatic defrag by delaying and queueing writes to the disk, caching files in system RAM and aligning data 'live'. This means it boosts SSD and HDDs, and deliver a noticeable performance boost, even with SAN/Virtual storage hosting because it works at a controller/block level. It combines file caching and defrag to give a noticeable boost to performance. It is a buzzword heavy product, but it has a fairly understandable premise. Diskeeper 16 is a unique approach to Defrag, the effort of arranging files on the physical disk/media to improve speed and performance.