Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 22:28:57 +0100 From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Defragment HDD Message-ID: <20030725212857.GC1715@users.munk.nu> In-Reply-To: <20030724201242.GC32490@dan.emsphone.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0307241548210.73690-100000@lexus.isprime.com> <004501c3521d$e8532c40$3501a8c0@pro.sk> <20030724201242.GC32490@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 03:12:42PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > I think he was joking :) The FFS filesystem reserves 8% of the disk > space so that it can allocate contiguous blocks for files. In general, > you don't have to worry about file fragmentation. There are no tools > for optimizing the layout of a disk (putting files in a directory next > to each other on disk, for example) like SpeedDisk does, though. Is this why occasionally a df call shows that a filesystem is over 100% full out of curiousity? tuning -- Jez http://www.munk.nu/
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