Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 09:47:20 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: Defragmentation needed with FreeBSD ... Message-ID: <20051002094256.466C.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420510020611s560fbe6eoef14ac08cee0b25@mail.gmail.com> References: <20051002121454.3D1C643D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <cb5206420510020611s560fbe6eoef14ac08cee0b25@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 17:11:23 +0400, "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Defragmentation needed with FreeBSD ... Wrote these words of wisdom: > On 10/2/05, Tamouh H. <hakmi@rogers.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I was just wondering if like in Windows disk fragmentation > > > arises, and if so then how should one go about defragmenting it? > > > > There is no fragmentation in the BSD file systems, that is something related > > to Windows only. You might want to add the line: > > > > fsck_y_enable="YES" > > > > to your /etc/rc.conf in the event fsck finds errors on your disks. > > Of course there is fragmentation. > > UFS, particularly its implementation in FreeBSD is > more intelligent than NTFS/FAT32. When there is > enough free space on the disk (typically more than > 15%, see tunefs(8) for details), I/O is automatically > optimized to minimize fragmentation. > > When your win32 box is idle, but the hdd is scratching > it's very annoying, because you know that windows > is swapping something. > > When your bsd box is idle, but the hdd is scratching > it's quite pleasant, 'cuz that's some hard-working > daemons make sure that you don't loose any data, > and always can enjoy the maximum performance. ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** On 10/2/2005 9:40:11 AM, Gerard Seibert Replied: I have both Windows and FreeBSD boxes, and I can honestly say that I do not hear the hdd scratching (I certainly hope it is not scratching). It sounds to me like you have a serious problem with your HD. Perhaps it is time to trade it in for a newer model. Second, why would I want to add this line to my /etc/rc.conf file: fsck_y_enable="YES" I thought the OS handled the file checking process automatically. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net "There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking." Alfred Korzybski
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