Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 15:47:26 -0600 (CST) From: "Richard Lynch" <ceo@l-i-e.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: defrag Message-ID: <41224.216.230.84.67.1172785646.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> In-Reply-To: <es7gv6$3is$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <539c60b90703010849x33dd4bbbt8f6ca6aa0c8e83a0@mail.gmail.com> <es7gv6$3is$1@sea.gmane.org>
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On Thu, March 1, 2007 3:35 pm, Ivan Voras wrote: > Steve Franks wrote: >> How come I never hear defrag come up as a topic, and can't find >> anything related to defrag in the ports tree? Is it really not an >> issue on UFS? Can someone point me to an explantion if so? I've been told that most modern file systems have much better allocation routines and/or automated defragmentation as needed. So that the need to do "defrag" is essentially almost 0 for almost all users. No promises that this answer is correct, but it sure sounded good to me. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?
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