
Defragmenter for Linux
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Tyger
, Jul 11 2005 05:55 PM
#1
Posted 11 July 2005 - 05:55 PM

#2
Posted 11 July 2005 - 06:15 PM

The Linux file system isn't based on fragments, so you can't defragment it

#3
Posted 13 July 2005 - 10:40 AM

both those versions of linux can be rather large and bulky what are you trying to run this on?
#4
Posted 01 September 2005 - 12:59 PM

mpfeif is right linux fielesystems do not need to be defragmented
#5
Posted 01 September 2005 - 01:16 PM

When a file is written to disk, it can't always be written in consecutive blocks. A file that is not stored in consecutive blocks is fragmented. It takes longer to read a fragmented file, since the disk's read-write head will have to move more. It is desirable to avoid fragmentation, although it is less of a problem in a system with a good buffer cache with read-ahead.
Modern Linux filesystem keep fragmentation at a minimum by keeping all blocks in a file close together, even if they can't be stored in consecutive sectors. Some filesystems, like ext3, effectively allocate the free block that is nearest to other blocks in a file. Therefore it is not necessary to worry about fragmentation in a Linux system.
Modern Linux filesystem keep fragmentation at a minimum by keeping all blocks in a file close together, even if they can't be stored in consecutive sectors. Some filesystems, like ext3, effectively allocate the free block that is nearest to other blocks in a file. Therefore it is not necessary to worry about fragmentation in a Linux system.
#6
Posted 01 September 2005 - 01:55 PM

yea, what he said
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