On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joshua Murphy wrote: >> While not trying to incite flames here... xfs isn't general purpose? >> xfs_fsr defrags xfs partitions while they're mounted and is designed >> to be used from cron (it's in xfsdump, not xfsprogs). File >> fragmentation, while a fact of life on any filesystem that sees any >> real use, does slow access times, as the drive head has to jump from >> one place to another, so a lot of fragmentation is a bad thing... but >> as you say, we're not dealing with FAT based FS's here, so severe >> fragmentation only shows itself on very full filesystems. I very >> rarely see over 80% usage of my filesystems and have never >> consistently checked fragmentation levels, though, so I can't say >> whether xfs's being the exception on having a tool for the job means >> it particularly needed one... >> >> > > Given my experience with XFS, I won't be switching anytime soon. I used > that once on a in-laws system. After each crash, power failure, I had > to reinstall. Let's just say it left a bad taste in my mouth. ;-) I'm > not saying it is a bad file system for someone but certainly not for me. > > You are right tho, every file system has some fragmentation. It just > can't be otherwise. I guess I could always make my back ups, then redo > my partitions, and copy them back. I have done that once before. > Worked very well then but not real sure about how udev would like that. > I would think it would work OK but call me chicken. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
Not trying to convert anyone, just correcting the "no linux fs has a native tool for defrag" statement... as for udev's robustness in being moved about... unless you're doing some very strange things with your system, I'm certain that it'd take it quite well. -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy
