Good question Benjamin, >From my experience with ext2 on my systems, I have never seen significant fragmentation on ext2 when if was less than 80% full, but this is not really empiracle evidence. However, I was very disappointed with NTFS. I have found on my Windows 2000 system at work the need to defragment almost immediately after an install. I think that part of the difference is that Linux buffers all of its I/O where NT systems do not (AFAIK). Benjamin Scott wrote:
> Does anyone know of any unbiased and current analysis of this issue? The > information in that HOWTO is rather biased, and contains the out-of-date > assumption that multi-hundred-gigabyte filesystems are unlikely. It > basically answers the question of "Does ext2 suffer from fragmentation > issues?" with "No, because MS-DOS sucks." While I agree with the author's > sentiments, they do not support the conclusions. At the same time, NTFS > supposedly has a much better design, and analysis of *it* has shown that > fragmentation *is* still an issue for some applications. Has anyone > actually tested ext2 for this, or are we just happy living in dreamland? > > -- > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | > | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | > | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** > -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
