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Date:      Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:31:33 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Robert Badaracco <rjb@typeline.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: disk fragmentation
Message-ID:  <20000614083133.Z18462@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <3947D86A.45EBF979@typeline.com>; from rjb@typeline.com on Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 03:09:30PM -0400
References:  <3947D86A.45EBF979@typeline.com>

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* Robert Badaracco <rjb@typeline.com> [000614 08:28] wrote:
> How does FreeBSD deal with disk fragmentation? Are there utilities to
> run
> for optimization or does the system manage this as it runs?

FFS maintains a very optimal freelist making it quite difficult to
fragment.  It will also relocate blocks while running to defrag
itself.  Very few situtations actually warrant a defrag under FFS,
however when you do need to you'll have to backup and restore to
defrag.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]


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