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Does fragmentation affect SANs, NAS, and RAID?
White Paper This white paper explains the relationship between the logical disk with which the operating system interacts and the physical drive array, and shows why arrays are just as prone to fragmentation as a single physical drive. [11 Aug 2008]
The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk Fragmentation - Chapter 2
White Paper There are many common misunderstandings leading to operational inefficiencies when it comes to the management of disk fragmentation and defragmentation. The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk Fragmentation will help IT professionals, analysts, and... [11 Aug 2008]
How File Fragmentation Occurs on Windows XP / Windows Server 2003
White Paper A while ago there was a little research project to find out exactly how fragmentation occurs on Windows XP. On an active volume, with a dynamic operating system and dynamic utilities, the disk volume free space situation is constantly changing. [11 Aug 2008]
The Embedded Linux Revolution and The Innovator’s Advantage
White Paper The result is a dramatic shift to Linux as the strategic embedded operating system platform of choice in industries of all types, and the end of the traditional fragmentation of the embedded operating system (OS) industry. [03 Jul 2008]
Maintaining Windows 2000 Peak Performance through Defragmentation
White Paper Read on to learn more about disk fragmentation and defragmentation, and how Disk Defragmenter supports the maintenance of disk efficiency. It's essential that an operating system be able to maintain your disks at peak levels of reliability and... [03 Jul 2008]
Identifying Common Reliability/Stability Problems Caused by File Fragmentation
White Paper Over the years, numerous manufacturers, third party analysts and labs have reported on the effects of file fragmentation on system speed and performance. In this white paper, we explain some of the most common reliability and downtime phenomena... [03 Jul 2008]
Future Vision
White Paper Namespace fragmentation is the most important determinant of that number of possible connections between OS components. The utility of an operating system is more proportional to the number of connections possible between its components than it is... [03 Jul 2008]
Nokia: Open source needs a lesson in business
News Everybody wants to make their own version and keep it too close to their chest but that leads to fragmentation. Nokia's primary play in the open-source sphere thus far has been Maemo, the Linux-based operating system that runs on its N800-series... [12 Jun 2008]
LiMo Foundation launches Linux Android rival
News The resulting fragmentation has limited Linux to lower-end mobile phones, with the higher-end smart phone development community largely organised around Symbian, Windows Mobile, RIM's BlackBerry and Apple's growing iPhone business. [31 Mar 2008]
Does fragmentation affect SANs, NAS, and RAID?
White Paper This white paper explains the relationship between the logical disk with which the operating system interacts and the physical drive array, and shows why arrays are just as prone to fragmentation as a single physical drive. [19 Dec 2007]
Does fragmentation affect SANs, NAS, and RAID?
White Paper This white paper explains the relationship between the logical disk with which the operating system interacts and the physical drive array, and shows why arrays are just as prone to fragmentation as a single physical drive. [19 Dec 2007]
MSDN Webcast: Microsoft .NET Compact Framework Memory Management (Level 200)
White Paper The webcast explores the garbage collector in the .NET Compact Framework, which provides a high-speed allocation service with good use of memory and no long-term fragmentation problems. By understanding how the garbage collector works, where memory... [22 Jan 2007]
Disk Defragmentation - Background
White Paper Fragmentation is a natural occurrence that cannot be avoided, but it can be controlled. In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, clusters usually are 4,096 bytes in size. Every hard drive stores files in chunks called clusters. [22 Jan 2007]
Trolltech simplifies mobile Linux
News Lawson claimed Greensuite was about "avoiding or reducing fragmentation in the Linux mobile space", and would provide an easier licensing scenario than the challenge of dealing with multiple software suppliers, as mobile Linux developers have... [30 Nov 2006]
Motorola pledges 50 per cent Linux
News We've seen with other technologies, like Java, that fragmentation can really impact and impede technology over time," Wyatt said during the keynote speech. To try to curtail such fragmentation, Motorola launched an effort called the Open [16 Aug 2006]
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