Defragmentation physically reorganizes the contents of the disk and stores the pieces of each file together to keep the systems optimized.
Not only is defragmentation itself necessary, the choice of defragmentation technology is also crucial.
Microsoft provides an in-built defragmenter. However, many IT administrators quickly realise that it cannot meet the requirements of demanding systems on a professional level.
For once, it is extremely time-consuming. The administrator needs to schedule the defragmentation process on each machine, one by one, when he could be servicing company employees or taking care of other essential system maintenance.
The process is awfully slow and extremely resource intensive. All other activities on the system have to be stopped. Therefore, defragmentation is often run at night or at week-ends, which inevitably leads to over-time costs.
