i started running e4defrag out of curiosity on some large files that i'm
archiving long term. its results seem exceedingly optimistic and i have
a hard time agreeing with it. am i pessimistic ?
for example, i have a ~4GB archive:
$ e4defrag -c ./foo.tar.xz
<File> now/best size/ext
./foo.tar.xz
39442/2 93 KB
Total/best extents 39442/2
Average size per extent 93 KB
Fragmentation score 34
[0-30 no problem: 31-55 a little bit fragmented: 56- needs defrag]
This file (./foo.tar.xz) does not need defragmentation.
Done.
i have a real hard time seeing this file as barely "a little bit fragmented".
shouldn't the fragmentation score be higher ?
as a measure of "how fragmented is it really", if i copy the file and then
delete the original, there's a noticeable delay before `rm` finishes.
-mike
