[Herts] Why dosent Linux need a disk defragmenting utility?

[Alan Pope]

2009/5/14 ROBERTS, Mike <mike.roberts at astrium.eads.net>:
> http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/index.php/2006/08/17/why_doesn_t_linux_
> need_defragmenting
>

That article needs updating, and the title changing too, to "Linux
filesystems do need defragging, just usually not as badly as FAT".

To say Linux doesn't need defrag tools is flat out not true. If it
were then why would the ext4 filesystem have scope for online
defragging?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4#Online_defragmentation

Cheers,
Al.