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minus-squareHappySkullsplitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down4·edit-215 hours agoDefragmenting…
minus-squarewalden@sub.wetshaving.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·13 hours agoMan, I used to LOVE defragmenting drives. I felt like I was actually doing something productive, and I just got to sit back and watch the magic happen. Now I know better.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·15 hours agoI’ve never had to defragment the ext4 drives in my server. Ext4 is fairly resistant to fragmentation.
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoIt’s not really Ext4 doing that, it’s a bunch of tricks in the OS layer and the way apps write files to storage that limits it. You’ll see it if you use something like a BT client without pre-allocation, those files can get heavily fragmented depending on the download speed.
Defragmenting…
Man, I used to LOVE defragmenting drives. I felt like I was actually doing something productive, and I just got to sit back and watch the magic happen.
Now I know better.
I’ve never had to defragment the ext4 drives in my server. Ext4 is fairly resistant to fragmentation.
It’s not really Ext4 doing that, it’s a bunch of tricks in the OS layer and the way apps write files to storage that limits it.
You’ll see it if you use something like a BT client without pre-allocation, those files can get heavily fragmented depending on the download speed.