Raxco PerfectDisk 2008 Disk Defragmenter for Hyper-V

By DE Editors

Raxco Software (Gaithersburg, MD) announced that PerfectDisk 2008 Server contains support for Microsoft's Hyper-V, which both provides server virtualization and consolidation and is part of Windows Server 2008.

PerfectDisk 2008 Server achieved Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 certification earlier this year ]DE Online, February 2008], states the release. Microsoft certification ensures that third-party software applications operating on Windows Server 2008 meet specific technical requirements.

Server virtualization, also known as hardware virtualization, can provide substantial economic benefits to organizations by enabling multiple operating systems to run on a single physical machine as virtual machines. With Windows Server 2008, everything needed to support server virtualization is available as an integral feature of the operating system as Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.

PerfectDisk 2008 helps leverage virtual environments by maximizing performance across the virtual environment. Its exclusive Space Restoration Technology provides single-pass free space consolidation in addition to PerfectDisk's patented SMARTPlacement optimization strategy to provide optimal performance in virtual environments.

PerfectDisk 2008's Hyper-V support reinforces PerfectDisk's support for virtualization environments. Together with PerfectDisk 2008 for VMware and the PerfectDisk 2008 for VMware ESX Bundle, the PerfectDisk 2008 family of products provides the most comprehensive defragmentation solutions for today's virtual environments

For details, please visit Raxco Software.

Previous DE coverage: “Raxco Software Continues Virtualization Expansion,” (May 2008) and “Raxco's Performance and Storage Management Products,” (February 2008).

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.