DymaxIO Features
Whether on-premises or in the Cloud, DymaxIO contains a suite of patented technologies to accelerate your applications from VM or physical server to storage:

IntelliWrite^®
IntelliWrite is a patented write optimization technology that automatically prevents excessively small, fractured, random writes and reads that harms performance due to the severe inefficiency in the native hand-off of data between the Windows OS and underlying storage. [+ expand to read more] IntelliWrite write I/O optimization technology prevents excessively small, fractured I/O characteristics in real-time by providing file size intelligence to Windows to help it choose the best allocation at the logical disk layer when writing files. This intelligence ensures large, clean contiguous writes and subsequent reads in which maximum payload is carried with every I/O operation to and from the OS to underlying storage. Without , the Windows OS just opts for the next available address at the logical disk layer, which is rarely, if ever, the right size. This inefficiency causes many more I/O operations to occur to/from underlying storage for any given file that should be optimally written and read with a single I/O operation. Since DymaxIO reduces the number of I/Os for any given workload, there are even fewer I/O operations being mixed and randomized at the hypervisor or SAN level, which combats the ill-effects of the “I/O blender” effect.

IntelliMemory^®
IntelliMemory is a patented read I/O optimization technology that intelligently caches hot read requests from server memory that is otherwise idle and unused. [+ expand to read more] IntelliMemory is a server-side DRAM read caching engine that dynamically leverages idle, available DRAM to target I/O that penalizes storage performance the most—small, random I/O. IntelliMemory’s behavioral analytics engine makes the best use of DRAM for caching by collecting usage data and I/O characteristics across a wide range of data points. By servicing I/O at the top of the technology stack from the fastest storage media possible, organizations reduce latency and further reduce the amount of I/O having to travel to storage, complementing the I/O reduction benefits from IntelliWrite.

InvisiTasking^®
InvisiTasking is a patented intelligent scheduling technology that allows all the DymaxIO “background” operations within the server to run with zero resource impact on current production by only leveraging idle CPU cycles and memory. Should other processes demand those resources, InvisiTasking ensures they are released without latency so there is never an issue of resource contention.

Benefit Reporting
The “time saved” dashboard demonstrates the value by showing the amount of I/O traffic offloaded from storage, the percentage of read and write I/O traffic offloaded, and the resulting time saved to any one system or group of systems. [+ expand to read more] The Benefits tab shows “time saved” analytics such as Total I/Os Eliminated, Read I/Os Eliminated, Write I/Os Eliminated, Storage I/O Time Saved, Fragments Prevented and Eliminated, and Free Spaces Consolidated. The I/O Performance Monitoring tab reveals key performance metrics like IOPS, throughput and latency. It reveals the amount of workload processed on the local system for any given time period. It also provides important memory usage information like total physical memory and min/max/avg of available memory and how much of that was used for cache. This helps administrators fine tune memory allocations to get the most from the IntelliMemory DRAM caching engine. If there is not sufficient available DRAM, users are not getting the best performance possible from DymaxIO. The Analytics tab provides an hour-by-hour view for any time period to understand exactly what is happening on the local system related to key metrics like workload, read/write percentage, IOPS, throughput, I/O response time and benefits like write I/O reduction from IntelliWrite and read I/O reduction from IntelliMemory.

I/O Performance Monitoring
Reveals key performance metrics like IOPS, throughput and latency. It reveals the amount of workload processed on the local system for any given time period. It also provides important memory usage information like total physical memory and min/max/avg of available memory and how much of that was used for cache. This helps administrators fine tune memory allocations to get the most from the IntelliMemory DRAM caching engine. If there is not sufficient available DRAM, users are not getting the best performance possible from Diskeeper.

Condusiv Management Console
Provides seamless deployment and centralized management. Enjoy fast, non-disruptive deployment even in the most complex environments – No reboots required. Easy management across a wide range of environments and locations. I/O performance monitoring gives administrators visibility into key I/O metrics to explain workload behavior across different applications—greatly reducing the burden of troubleshooting and tuning for performance. Click here to read more.

Specialized Engines and Technologies

Instant Defrag™
Monitors volumes to resolve critically fragmented files in real-time that are known to cause performance problems, making it SAN-friendly.

Free Space Consolidation Engine
Swiftly consolidates free space. Efficiently handles rare cases of volumes with extreme free space fragmentation.

Terabyte Volume Engine^®
Technology engineered to rapidly defragment volumes with hundreds of thousands to millions of files.

CogniSAN™ and V-Aware^®
These technologies are extensions to InvisiTasking that ensure optimizations occur using only available resources. As a result, DymaxIO avoids creating additional I/O that might interfere with workloads on the storage media being executed by other systems. This is Ideal for SANs or hypervisor-managed storage, where multiple VMs have the VDDs on the same physical disk or drive.

MediWrite™
Resolves extreme file fragmentation issues that can cause the File Attribute List (FAL) to reach its maximum size limit and risk downtime in environments like MS Exchange, MS-SQL or some EHR applications.

Operating Systems Supported
DymaxIO installs on all Windows 64-bit virtual and physical systems:

Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11

Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 (or R2)
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2022

Disk Subsystems Supported

Primary Partitions
Extended Partitions
Logical Drives
Volume Sets
RAID Arrays (hardware and software)
Mirrored Disks
Mounted Volumes (letter-less drives)

Maximum supported volume size: unlimited

Supported Platforms and Configurations
DymaxIO is both hypervisor and storage agnostic. DymaxIO is compatible with any system that is compatible with Windows and improves the efficiency of all VMware ESX/ESXi, Hyper-V, and Xen platforms supported by SAN/NAS storage, Hyperconverged storage, local storage, SSDs, all-flash, or cloud storage like Azure or AWS.

Required Memory: 3GB of physical memory per VM or physical server

Recommended Memory for Optimum Caching: 4GB of available physical memory per VM or physical server

If running on MS-SQL: add up to 16GB of DRAM for blazing results, then cap SQL memory usage leaving the additional memory leftover for the OS and DymaxIO. If no additional memory is available, cap SQL memory usage leaving 8GB for the OS and DymaxIO.

Recommendation: Optimum results will not be achieved unless (1) systems have adequate memory and (2) the software is installed on each VM on the same host. Since each Windows VM generates a minimum of 30-40% unnecessary I/O traffic, it is imperative to install DymaxIO on all the VMs on the same host. If installing on 10+ servers, simply request the centralized management console by contacting sales to push the software out to as many servers as desired.

Condusiv Management Console

Condusiv Management Console UI supports IE 11

CMC master node installs on physical servers and VMs and supports Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 R2, 64-bit

Undelete
Instant File Recovery
Undelete recovers deleted files instantly with continuous data protection, eliminating time consuming restores from backup. Undelete protects local and network-share files ensuring every deleted file, or version of a file, can easily be restored. From server to desktop, Undelete saves the day – in just a few clicks, content that took hours to create is back in a moment.

Undelete Features
50,000 customers globally use Undelete as a first line of defense before backup since Undelete provides true continuous data protection for easy recovery of individual files. Undelete® 11 includes the following technologies:

Recovery Bin
The Recovery Bin catches all files no matter how they were deleted, allowing instant recovery with just a few clicks of the mouse. The Recovery Bin mimics the directory structure of your disk and includes a powerful search function, making it easy to find and recover files. Undelete adjusts the Recovery Bin to your volume’s available space, automatically protecting more files when free space is available and less data when it is not.

NEW User Interface
Easy to use, simple to navigate and intuitive – Familiar File Explorer-like interface makes finding and recovering deleted files even easier.

Enhanced File Version Recovery
Undelete automatically captures previous versions of Microsoft Office files (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), as well as custom file types (such as CAD, Photoshop files, PDFs and more) allowing fast and easy recovery of overwritten files.

Network File Protection
With Undelete Desktop Client or Pro Edition installed on network clients, your users can connect to the Undelete Server Edition Recovery Bins installed on the network file servers and restore their own deleted or overwritten files. NTFS security is fully supported.

Undelete Desktop Client Licenses
With the Undelete Desktop Client, users of computers attached to your servers can recover their own files directly from server Recovery Bins. Each Undelete Server license includes unlimited licenses of the Undelete Desktop Client. Additional client licenses can be purchased separately.

Centralized Management
Undelete 11 delivers centralized management to easily extend your file recovery infrastructure across a distributed environment so your server and desktop data protection is easily managed from a central location. Efficiently manage your Windows systems through a single system.

NEW Cloud Support
The Recovery Bin can now be stored in in the cloud using OneDrive and other popular file hosting services.

Secure Delete® Electronic File Shredder
With SecureDelete enabled, files that are purged from the recovery bin are overwritten with random data using a methodology developed for the National Security Agency. Version of this popular feature introduces the ability to securely delete files immediately (as they are deleted). This along with the Wipe Free Space functionality that overwrites a volume’s free space (which may contain past remnants of confidential data) provides a complete solution of erasing secure data.

Full-Disclosure of Deleted Files
The Recovery Bin displays information about each deleted file including the file owner, the date and time the file was deleted, and the account used to delete the file.

Full Command Line Support
Major Undelete functionality also provided through the command line.

Dig Deeper Search
With Dig Deeper, you can search for and recover files deleted before Undelete was installed, provided they haven’t been overwritten. Undelete 11 will save you time with support by also recreating the original folder paths, making reorganizing your restored files a snap.

InvisiTasking® Technology
InvisiTasking allows for all background operations within Undelete to run with zero overhead. These tasks include, automatic purging of the Recovery Bin, moving files from one volume to another, securely overwriting free spaces using the automatic Wipe Free Space feature, and automatically adjusting the size of the enhanced Recovery Bin.

Extensive Browsing Functionality
Save time and recover the right file. Undelete supports previewing protected files in the Recovery Bin to find the exact one you want to restore.