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Reducing Downtime and Reactive Maintenance: The ROI of Defragmenting the Windows Enterprise

Overview File fragmentation, an often-overlooked problem, can cause an overall degradation in system performance and reliability. Computer downtime or slow downs can be easily prevented by using automated defragmentation software.

Download this white paper to understand the performance implications of file fragmentation and how defragmentation can help prevent unnecessary or premature hardware upgrades.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Executive Software	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	April 2003	Downloads	14
Format	White Papers
Topics	Infrastructure Management, ROI - TCO, Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, Service Level Management, Strategic Planning

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