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Defragmentation and RAID

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by rgrossholz

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I saw an article recently about Defragmentation and RAID sets. I am unable to locate that article. So I do not know if it will answer my questions.

1. Should I defragment my RAID set?
2. If so, will the Windows defragmentation tool work on RAID sets? And will it cause problems.
3. If I should defragment but avoid the Windows tool, what are good options?

Thank you,

Rollin Grossholz

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by sancretor

Is this the article you were looking for?
http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag/file-fragmentation-sans-nas-raid.asp

I have never had to defrag a RAID setup, but some of my friends had used Diskeeper for such a thing, and from what I was told, it did the job properly.

RAID support is also mentioned on the DK website, so I guess it ought to be okay.

http://www.diskeeper.com/diskeeper/home/protechspecs.asp

You could always download the evaluation version and try it out.

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