Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Dec 2001 20:40:19 -0800 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: tuning ext2 or ReiserFS to avoid fragmentation with large files? |
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 03:17:17AM +0100, Rasmus B?g Hansen wrote: > On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Erik Tews wrote: > > > If I remember right xfs has got a online-defragmentation utility. So > > have a look at xfs. > > > > I think xfs works different from reiserfs and ext2 when writing files to > > disk which helps avoiding fragmentation. This feature is called > > allocation groups. > > I *might* be wrong, but isn't the allocation-group thing exactly what > ext2/ext3 does? >
Basically, yes. They both have the name "group" in some of their feature lists. What really matters is *what* they encompass, and *how* they're used.
Can someone in the know comment about the similarity of the ext[23] and xfs groups? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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