Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:31:33 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Robert Badaracco <rjb@typeline.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disk fragmentation Message-ID: <20000614083133.Z18462@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <3947D86A.45EBF979@typeline.com>; from rjb@typeline.com on Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 03:09:30PM -0400 References: <3947D86A.45EBF979@typeline.com>
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* Robert Badaracco <rjb@typeline.com> [000614 08:28] wrote: > How does FreeBSD deal with disk fragmentation? Are there utilities to > run > for optimization or does the system manage this as it runs? FFS maintains a very optimal freelist making it quite difficult to fragment. It will also relocate blocks while running to defrag itself. Very few situtations actually warrant a defrag under FFS, however when you do need to you'll have to backup and restore to defrag. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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