For those of interested here is an article on how to defrag your drives to get the most out of it. Also a brief explanation of why it is important.
http://www.hookbuilt.com/zine/Articles/defrag.html
Here is another interesting acticle on defragmentation
?Is Daily Defragmentation Needed in Today?s Environment?"
http://itresearch.forbes.com/data/search?site=fbs&qp=site_abbrev%3Afbs&cp=bpres&cr=bpres&qg=VENDOR&st=1&qt=Executive+Software&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=10
I came across this article on defragmentation. It cleared up a lot for me.
“Is Daily Defragmentation Needed in Today’s Environment?"
http://itresearch.forbes.com/data/search?site=fbs&qp=site_abbrev%3Afbs&cp=bpres&cr=bpres&qg=VENDOR&st=1&qt=Executive+Software&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=10
Like Linney said the more often you do it the less time it takes. And why not run it on a schedule when the servers are not in prime time use. You'd be amazed at the difference in speed of responses from applications and the OS when doing daily defragmentation on servers as well as workstations.
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