Defrag utility ready
In a newsletter two weeks ago, I broached the subject of fragmentation of NetWare disk drives and told you about the efforts of John Hanley, the man who created Ghost for NetWare, to come up with a defragmentation utility.
Hanley now has the software ready for sale or evaluation on his Web site (www.portlocksoftware.com), and you really should take a look. The Volume Defragment Utility for NetWare (This really needs a snappier name, John.) can do some or all of the following, as you wish:
* Defragment primary and secondary directory tables.
* Defragment primary and secondary extended directory tables.
* Defragment Block Suballocation Tables.
* Defragment file data.
* Defragment extended file data.
* Move files that have not been accessed for a while towards the end of the volume.
* Move deleted files that have not yet been purged towards the end of the volume.
* Change the order of Directory Table entries.
* Change the order of Block Suballocation Table entries.
It’s well worth a look. And while you're there you might also want to evaluate the Volume Resize Utility for NetWare - a very handy tool.
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