Bryan J. Smith wrote: >On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 00:12 -0700, Fong Vang wrote: > > >>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 :-). -- William A. Mahaffey III --------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, ignorance is bliss, but willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050826/0704e237/attachment-0005.html>