"Partition Alignment Dramatically Increases System Performance"
I will not imply that I understand much of this, because I understand very little of it.
However, from what I can (not) see, partition alignment has almost never been discussed on DC's forum, so I thought I should at least upload Paragon's pdf eBook on the subject:
Paragon Alignment Tool - White Paper.zip (671.25 KB - downloaded 232 times.)Quote
Contents
Introduction............. 3
What is Partition Alignment?............. 3
Why misaligned partitions are the problem for hard disk drives? ............ 4
How Paragon Alignment Tool can help?.......... 6
Why misaligned partitions are a problem for SSD?.............. 7
Why misaligned partitions are the problem for SAN and RAID?......7
Why misaligned partitions are the problem for virtual environments?............ 9
Conclusion............................................. 10
Introduction............. 3
What is Partition Alignment?............. 3
Why misaligned partitions are the problem for hard disk drives? ............ 4
How Paragon Alignment Tool can help?.......... 6
Why misaligned partitions are a problem for SSD?.............. 7
Why misaligned partitions are the problem for SAN and RAID?......7
Why misaligned partitions are the problem for virtual environments?............ 9
Conclusion............................................. 10
Quote from: dottech.org
until July 31, 2010 Paragon is giving away a free 10 page eBook ("Partition Alignment Dramatically Increases System Performance") and their Paragon Alignment Tool ($29.95 value). Here is Paragon's sales pitch to show why you need Paragon Alignment Tool:
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The problem of inevitable degradation of the disk subsystem performance caused by misaligned partitions dates back to the nineties. From being a headache for IT administrators who wanted to get the most out of disk arrays, it's become crucial for all of us with appearance of SSD (solid state drive) and ultra high-capacity hard drives. Moreover, the growing popularity of virtualized systems has aggravated the situation even more. Does the problem that bad? Just see it for yourself:...(more)
http://dottech.org/freebies/16683
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The problem of inevitable degradation of the disk subsystem performance caused by misaligned partitions dates back to the nineties. From being a headache for IT administrators who wanted to get the most out of disk arrays, it's become crucial for all of us with appearance of SSD (solid state drive) and ultra high-capacity hard drives. Moreover, the growing popularity of virtualized systems has aggravated the situation even more. Does the problem that bad? Just see it for yourself:...(more)
http://dottech.org/freebies/16683
At the same time I would of course like to hear if any one has tried this.
Does it really - dramatically or less than dramatically - improve performance ?
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