Re: Why ext3 doesn't need defragmentation ?
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On 11/17/07 22:10, Sam wrote:
> Hi Kamaraju,
>
> I am also not an expert in filesystems, however, I do know that the new
> native linux fs ext3 has what is called "journaling". Linux keeps track
> of where everything goes, so it doesnt get disorganized.
That's *not* the purpose nor a function of journaling. To say so
indicates a deep misunderstanding of it's nature.
> Once in a while
> you could run fsck if your really concerned about it.
>
> On 11/17/07, *Kamaraju Kusumanchi* <kamaraju@bluebottle.com
> <mailto:kamaraju@bluebottle.com>> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:46:56 +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > it appears that ext3 doesn't need a real defragmentation operation (by
> > 'real' I mean a specific tool that need to be run sometimes
> related to
> > disk usage).
> >
> > Is it correct ?
> > If so how it works ?
>
> I am not a file system expert by any means. Sometime back I read the
> following link and found that it explains this issue very clearly in
> layman terms.
>
> http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/items/defragment/index.php
>
>
> hth
> raju
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