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?