>> I know Linux systems aren't supposed to become fragmented, but I've >> also read that it can happen eventually. I'm on ext3. I've read that >> ext4 will have a defragmenter but that it doesn't have one yet. > > It's not that they aren't supposed to become fragmented, it is that > they try to avoid it. There is a big difference, and things like > streaming writes (downloads, bittorrents, etc) can cause extreme > fragmentation.
Yeah, that's when I'm hearing the HD access I didn't hear before. I run miro and it's downloading several torrents all the time. It never made a sound before, but now there's a rhythmic grinding sound when miro is running, maybe because the HD is more full now. Could shake help with this? To find out, should I be running it on the partially downloaded torrents? - Grant > The time-honored way of fixing this is "backup, delete, restore". In > my case my simple defragmenter is to move a file to tmpfs and then > move it back to the hard drive. I always do this to files I'm about to > burn to a CD/DVD to ensure the read speed is optimal. > >> Has anyone tried the shake defragmenter? > > Yes, nothing has blown up yet. :)
