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It is an add-in service that automatically defragments your hard drives
while you sleep. So far, the latest version works great. You need to use
the NT specific version. -uf
At 08:53 AM 9/11/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Thank you for posting this information.
>
>Can you tell we what Diskkeeper is, and what does it do?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Herb
>
>herbr@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Ullrich Fischer wrote:
>
> > I'm now at the end of my 2nd week of continuously running NT 4.0 SP5 on an
> > AMD K6 400Mhz 256MB RAM PC using build 591 of TradeStation (GlobalServer
> > and TradeStation only, I don't have radarscreen or optionstation) with no
> > crashes. My machine has been up 24hrs x12 days. In addition to
> > TradeStation, I'm running eSignal's datamanager and the charting
> > application with 5 quote windows displaying about 400 symbols. Eudora
> > email, Lotus 123r5, and 3 IE5.01 browser windows. The final upgrade that
> > seemed to make this possible was adding diskeeper 5 from Executive
> Software
> > to my system and setting it up to automatically defragment my hard drives
> > between 1am and 6am each day.
> >
> > This setup is as responsive as TS4 was but allows me to have over 30
> > workspaces open at once. Each workspace has 3 charts. GlobalServer has
> > about 500 symbols in its portfolio. Between GlobalServer and eSignal's
> > charting, I'm following about 700 symbols in total. Each chart has 1 or 2
> > symbols and from 3 to 7 indicators. With TS4 on WIN98, I was crashing on
> > average once a day. With TS2ki on WIN98 with a P-233 and 128MB of RAM, I
> > was crashing every couple of hours during trading hours -- and unlike with
> > NT, a crash would typically require me to reboot my PC.
> >
> > Going to NT made a huge difference. Getting diskeeper installed got
> rid of
> > the remaining twice a week or so crashes that I was getting. Of course,
> > now that I've posted this, I expect my PC will suffer a dramatic crash
> > forcing me to reinstall the OS and TS -- one of the hazards of hubris. :)
> >
> > -uf
> >
> > At 09:56 AM 9/7/99 -0700, you wrote:
> > >I have experienced such significant responsiveness issues using 2000i on
> > >a Windows 98 platform that I am back to 4.0. Omega tells me that if I
> > >use 2000i on Windows NT I will see the same speed and responsiveness
> > >that I do running 4.0 on Windows 98.
> > >
> > >I particularly like the option that 2000i professes to offer regarding
> > >being able to keep many workspaces open with a number of charts and
> > >indicators loaded (something that 4.0 limits). I do run with 386 mg of
> > >ram and use a 400 mhz processor.
> > >
> > >Before I invest in NT (both the software and hardware) I just wanted to
> > >find out if the problems of running 2000i under Windows 98 are
> > >eliminated using NT.
> > >
> > >Also, if there are other hardware configurations that make 2000i even
> > >more responsive, I would be interested in that also.
> > >
> > >Thank you for your feedback.
> > >LDavis
> >
> >
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