Hi Kamaraju, I am also not an expert in filesystems, however, I do know that the new native linux fs ext3 has what is called "journaling". Linux keeps track of where everything goes, so it doesnt get disorganized. Once in a while you could run fsck if your really concerned about it.
On 11/17/07, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:46:56 +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote: > > > Hello, > > it appears that ext3 doesn't need a real defragmentation operation (by > > 'real' I mean a specific tool that need to be run sometimes related to > > disk usage). > > > > Is it correct ? > > If so how it works ? > > I am not a file system expert by any means. Sometime back I read the > following link and found that it explains this issue very clearly in > layman terms. > > http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/items/defragment/index.php > > > hth > raju > > > -- > Kamaraju S Kusumanchi > http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ > http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
