Paragon Alignment Tool (PAT) Enterprise

Paragon Alignment Tool (PAT) is a powerful utility which scans the entire network, automatically identifies misaligned drives, and then properly realigns all existing partitions, including boot partitions, to the proper sector boundaries. If you are utilizing virtual server technology or have recently upgraded to high-capacity 4K hard drives (AFDs) or solid state drives (SSDs), partitions are likely misaligned, causing redundant read/write operations. Performance loss usually ranges between 20 and 40%, which is a problem in the best of cases, but can cause catastrophic issues during peak times. We work closely with NetApp and VMware and offer editions of the product that are designed specifically for these environments. Latest release of PAT 4.0 Enterprise Edition – Key Features

• HotPAT technology allows for even the largest data partitions to be aligned while online, with zero downtime required. As PAT aligns partitions in-place – rather than using the much more complex method of “clone-align-synch-switch” – there is also no additional storage (swap-space) required.
• PAT Enterprise 4.0 also features an all-new remote management console, which integrates with ESX, ESXi, and vShpere hypervisors.

 

To learn more about misaligned partitions, read our latest PAT White Paper or PAT Data Sheet. View a recording of our last Webinar here.