Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 15:22:35 +0100 (CET) From: Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: defrag Message-ID: <esc0bb$30u3$9@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> References: <539c60b90703010849x33dd4bbbt8f6ca6aa0c8e83a0@mail.gmail.com> <es7gv6$3is$1@sea.gmane.org> <20070301165055.638b0a06.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <es7im6$9tu$1@sea.gmane.org> <44r6s8y4o5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <es7ln0$jff$1@sea.gmane.org>
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On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:56:30 +0100 Ivan Voras wrote: > "UFS fragmentation" refers to dividing blocks (e.g. 16KB in size) into > block fragments (e.g. 2KB in size) that can be allocated separately in > special circumstances (which all boil down to: at the end of files). > This is done to lessen the effect of internal fragmentation. No, to lessen the loss of disc space. Regards Chris
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