Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 23:32:29 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Leonard <leonardc9@usa.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No defragmentation software needed? Message-ID: <199712130732.XAA19895@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Dec 1997 19:21:33 PST." <3.0.2.32.19971212192133.0069fa6c@pop.slip.net>
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>Why is it that with FreeBSD, I don't have to run any defragmenting >utilities on the hard drive now and then? I keep thinking that >defragmentation should be a concern, but I remember being told that FreeBSD >takes care of that for me. Two answers... Answer #1: Yes, 4.4BSD-lite comes with extensions to FFS that do on-the-fly defragmentation of the filesystem. Answer #2: Unfortunately, due to bugs in (1), we disabled the extensions and although the original bug that caused the problems was fixed, the code has since fallen into a state of incompleteness. We'll need to fix this before it can be re-enabled. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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