[Wolves] defragmentation and linux

[chris procter]

--- David Goodwin <dg at clocksoft.com> wrote:

> I think MS filesystems
> are the only ones
> that need regular defragmentation, which is probably
> because they
> weren't originally designed for the non-stop world
> Unices live in.
> 
> David.

Newer versions of HFS+ (the MacOSX filesystem) defrag
themselves on the fly, and UFS (the BSD filesystem) is
similar to ext2/3 in that it doesn't fragment.

I guess MS/ preOSX Apple traded fragmentation for
speed and the unices took the other option.

chris


	
	
		
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