defragging?

pharmd · 02-26-2005, 11:01 PM

do we as linux users need to worry about defragging the harddrive or is that only a concern wih the ntfs file system?

if so, then how does one go about defragging?

BajaNick · 02-26-2005, 11:17 PM

There is no manual defragging necessary, I believe the files are not stored fragmented or they are defragged on the fly.

Optimistic · 02-27-2005, 03:03 AM

Modern day, journaled file systems do not need to be defragged. Windows uses old technology, but becuase they have a (near) monopoly and there would be some cost involved in switching, they haven't switched.