[NTLUG:Discuss] defrag for Linux??

[Patrick Parks]

I have heard that trying to defrag a linux file system will cause more
damage to it than good.I would do some serious research on the issue
before I made any decisions.

Patrick Parks




On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 22:28, Chris Cox wrote:
> david ross wrote:
> > I've recently uninstalled some unused programs and cleaned out my home 
> > directory and was wondering if there is such a thing as "defrag" for Linux.
> > David
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> Yes... there's a defrag for ext2/ext/minix/xiafs I believe.... but
> in general, they are not needed.  It's generally difficult to
> get into a very fragmented state in Linux.... but alas, the
> utilities do exist.  I just wouldn't count on getting too
> excited about the results after a "defrag".
> 
> Use rpmfind.net (assuming you are rpm based.... Debian as
> a defrag package as well) and search for defrag.
> 
> There is no tool AFAIK for reiserfs (apart from backup/restore,
> the universal defrag).  There was a bug in reiserfs around
> 2.4.10/11 which caused a lot of fragmentation I believe on
> big endian machines.
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