Solid state drive (SSD) technology delivers faster and better performance than conventional hard disk drives. However, Microsoft Windows is not optimized for NAND Flash as a principal storage device, such as is used with SSDs. As a result, computers with SSD storage devices will eventually experience a very noticeable and dramatic performance deterioration (up to 80%), to the degree that they will operate much slower than they would with a hard disk. Research at Condusiv Technologies has shown that SSD performance can be greatly improved by a special type of optimization.
HyperFast technology is the innovative solution to increase performance and extend the useful life of Solid State Drives (SSDs). HyperFast automatically detects SSDs and applies specialized processing to optimize them. Using HyperFast technology, your SSDs will maintain that out-of-box speed for file writes, which would otherwise deteriorate over time. This optimization process also minimizes the number of erase-write cycles that would otherwise occur through normal use, thereby increasing SSD longevity.
A free trial of HyperFast is included with trial versions of Diskeeper. It can be licensed for an additional cost when purchasing Diskeeper.
Solid state drives suffer from these performance and reliability issues:
Free space fragmentation.
Finite lifespan that decreases with more writes over time.
As a result, regular defragmentation of SSD volumes is not as effective as it is on magnetic hard disk drives, and in fact it can shorten the lifespan of an SSD. To address these issues, the HyperFast SSD optimization technology uses specialized algorithms to reduce or eliminate free space fragmentation, while minimizing the number of file write operations it uses in the process. HyperFast optimization not only improves the performance of your SSD volumes, it can also increase the lifespan of the drive.
HyperFast is enabled by default on volumes detected as SSD volumes. Some older SSD volumes may not be detected automatically, but you can manually enable HyperFast on any non-detected volume.
When enabled manually, HyperFast is used for both Automatic and Manual Defragmentation jobs.
HyperFast is not recommended on non-SSD volumes, since it is specially designed to provide increased performance, reliability and longer life on SSD devices. Although it is not harmful, HyperFast does not provide significant performance improvement on non-SSD volumes.
Note: In rare cases, Diskeeper may automatically enable this option and designate a hard disk drive as an SSD. In these cases, use the option in the advanced volume configuration settings to disable the SSD designation, and cause Diskeeper to treat the volume as a hard disk drive.