http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7416/
# I also disable the paranoia file system checks, with “tune2fs -i 0″ and
# "tune2fs -c 0".

In terms of the original discussion the above post is relevant.  Valerie turns 
off the filesystem checks so it seems like a reasonable option for other people.

On Fri, 9 Nov 2012, Jason White <[email protected]> wrote:
> Trent W. Buck <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Wrong.  Under pathological cases, ext will get fragmented quickly:
> > specifically, if you repeatedly fill the filesystem as root, or as any
> > user with the reserved space set to 0.  After a couple of dozen times,
> > fsck will report a fragmentation level of 30% or so.
> 
> What's the final story about Btrfs fragmentation? There was controversy
> surrounding it a few years ago, but I don't know what the conclusions were
> in the end.
> 
> btrfs has background fragmentation correction as an option, apparently.

The design of BRFS includes back-links in the data objects.  This allows all 
sorts of reorganisation of the disk space at low cost without expensive scans.

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