21 Sep
2007
21 Sep
'07
4:03 a.m.
Al Sparks wrote:
Al Sparks wrote:
A couple of questions. Are there any linux tools that can de-frag an ext2/3 partition?
ext2, yes. ext3, no. And it is called a filesystem. A partition is a completely different thing. none for ext3 because it was not really necessary for ext2 and so the tool never got updated.
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?
Implementation and design?