Defrag for Ext3fs?

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Defrag for Ext3fs?

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I was wondering if there is a Disk Defregmentor util for ext3fs partitions? Is one even necessary?
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Post by johann_p »

Since it is a journaling file system you do not need one.

See the FAQ
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Johann_P wrote:Since it is a journaling file system you do not need one.

See the FAQ

I was wondering about the same thing... thanks for the information!
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Hmm. I have no idea what I'm talking about but I thought that the only thing that a jornaling file system prevented was the need to run fsck or ScanDisk. I assume that you would just use a ext2 defragger since, since they both are basically the same. Again, I have no idea if what I am saying is right.
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The FAQ doesn't seem to mention defragmenting at all, though it is generally a non-issue. But yes, under the journal the filesystems are the same, though I don't know what effect running an ext2 defragmenter would have on the journal.
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Hooded One wrote:The FAQ doesn't seem to mention defragmenting at all, though it is generally a non-issue. But yes, under the journal the filesystems are the same, though I don't know what effect running an ext2 defragmenter would have on the journal.

I hope it's as trivial as they claim. Microsoft once touted NTFS as the file system that would never require defragmenting. :mrgreen:
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