Re: [PLUG] really basic file system question

[Bill Jonas <bill@billjonas.com>]

On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 09:19:45AM -0500, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> I have never knowingly stumbled on a disc defragmenter for ext2 or
> ext3 systems.  Is disc fragmentation an issue? if so, does a
> defragmenter exist?

The stock answer is that a defragmenter is not needed since the
filesystem parts of the kernel do a decent job of keeping the filesystem
in a non-fragmented state without the use of external tools.

I've also heard that it starts having trouble once the filesystem gets
past about 90% full or so.

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