Re: Disk De-Fraging in Linux

[Al Sparks <data345@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Al Sparks wrote:
>> A couple of questions.  Are there any linux tools that can de-frag an
>> ext2/3 partition?
>>
>> Are there any advantages to doing so if you're running hardware RAID5?
>>
>> Are there advantages / disadvantages if you're running LVM?
>>    === Al
> 
> you're in luck cause you don't defrag an ext2/3 partition at all. defrag
> is for windows file systems. Ext file systems are a different animal
> all-together.

Why?  What's different between NTFS and ext2/3 that defragging is
needed in one but not the other?
   === Al


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