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Defragmentation of Linux Filesystems
May 25, 2008, 08 :00 UTC (24 Talkback[s]) (13292 reads)

"There is a myth that 'linux filesystems don't need to be defragmented.' As it may be truth in general, it still can be dispelled by a simple script, which creates a certain number of directories and in each of them creates and deletes a certain number of files--in, let's say, two passes. So, does your filesystem need defragmentation...?

"Let's make an experiment--we're going to start with creating a filesystem image..."

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But looking at this "test" it looks like ...   Someone correct me if I'm wrong   
Kavey
May 25, 2008, 14:29:02
 
...file systems, or is it a case of "mak ...   Is this really an issue with GNU/Linux...   
cjm
May 25, 2008, 16:20:49
 
> So, is fragmentation of ext2 and ext3  ...   Re: Is this really an issue with GNU/Linux...   
Tony OBryan
May 25, 2008, 20:13:13
 
You are not wrong.  I read the article c ...   Re: Someone correct me if I'm wrong   
Steve Stites
May 25, 2008, 20:15:43
 
" ...file systems, or is it a case of "m ...   Re: Is this really an issue with GNU/Linux...   
Steve Stites
May 25, 2008, 20:30:20
 
Linux file systems scatter file fragment ...   Re: Is this really an issue with GNU/Linux...   
SM
May 26, 2008, 03:06:14
 
> Actually it is a product of the Micros ...   Re: Re: Is this really an issue with GNU/Linux...   
daniel
May 26, 2008, 03:30:58
 
> Before XP, on the other hand, Windows& ...   Re: Re: Is this really an issue with GNU/Linux...   
blackhole
May 26, 2008, 05:51:05
 
> " ...file systems, or is it a case of  ...   Re: Re: Is this really an issue with GNU/Linux...   
patrick_darcy
May 26, 2008, 21:09:27
 
I manage a consulting company that deals ...   fragmentation   
Gordon
May 26, 2008, 21:11:56
 
> " ...file systems, or is it a case of  ...   Re: Re: Is this really an issue with GNU/Linux...   
patrick_darcy
May 26, 2008, 21:31:37
 
As far as I could tell, the article in q ...   ascribe to ignorance, rather than malice?   
Bernard Swiss
May 26, 2008, 21:33:14
 
Unless your pushing the limit of drive t ...   Uncommon problem in normal use   
jhansonxi
May 27, 2008, 05:12:54
 
I believe I have read that winXP will au ...   Re: Re: Re: Is this really an issue with GNU/Linux   
ds
May 27, 2008, 07:02:10
 
> As far as I could tell, the article in ...   Re: ascribe to ignorance, rather than malice?   
blackhole
May 27, 2008, 07:07:13
 
Many of the people asking about defraggi ...   Questions   
Aaron
May 27, 2008, 07:36:22
 
 Unlike most people here, I still think  ...   Afraid, there is still a problem   
etienne
May 27, 2008, 11:07:36
 
>  Unlike most people here, I still thin ...   Re: Afraid, there is still a problem   
blackhole
May 27, 2008, 16:55:54
 
 "I have no problem ascribing this artic ...   Re: Re: ascribe to ignorance, rather than malice&#   
Bernard Swiss
May 28, 2008, 03:41:47
 
s/contigous/contiguous/g> I didn't,  ...   Re[2]: Afraid, there is still a problem   
etienne
May 28, 2008, 10:04:50
 
> > > I still wonder if that is due to t ...   Re: Re[2]: Afraid, there is still a problem   
blackhole
May 28, 2008, 15:25:28
 
> For SELinux, ext2/ext3 have enough spa ...   Re[4]: Afraid, there is still a problem   
etienne
May 28, 2008, 16:37:18
 
> and from the FAQ you give:> > For xfs, ...   Re: Re[4]: Afraid, there is still a problem   
blackhole
May 30, 2008, 00:16:36
 
I do have one partition on my home serve ...   I have some major fragmentation, but no problems   
Dano
Jun 25, 2008, 17:24:25
 
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