Re: [CentOS] file system defragmentation

Bryan J. Smith wrote:

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 00:12 -0700, Fong Vang wrote:

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I've read in many places that file systems on Linux do not suffer the same fragmentation problems of Windows systems. No one has provided a clear explanation as to why fragmentation is not an issue for file systems such as ext2/3, reiserfs, xfs, etc. Just curious.

Instead of rehashing this for the 23rd time on a list, I'll create a blog entry later this evening from my past posts. I'll send you the link when I put it up.

Short version:

• Strict separation of binaries, data and temporary files
• Reservation of disk space (filesystems never completely fill)
• Allocation approaches of inode design filesystems

Might post that blog link onlist, I'd be interested as well :-).