Knowledgable peeps.
Is it necessary to defrag Linux based partitions?
I was taught that defragging UNIX partitions wasn't ever necessary
because UNIX 'conspired to defragment'.
ie from the outset of creating data, semi-smart data handling routines
logically distributed file fragments about the
Yes, they do. There's an excellent article here:
http://www.howtogeek.com/115229/htg-explains-why-linux-doesnt-need-defragmenting/
.. which talks all about it. The article also links to a description of
various Linux disk utilities - this is well-worth reading for more details.
HTH,
Adrian
On
My understanding is that the functionality is built into the filesystem
(and the filesystem drivers, naturally), so any distro that uses
filesystems that support that functionality by default will support that,
as long as your partitions are formatted to that filesystem.
Most distros use ext3 or
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