On 25/03/16 22:15, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Vir
Campestris wrote:

On 24/03/2016 22:43, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Oh the joys of Linux, and no de fragging ever unless the disk is 100%
full

I've heard this said, and I never can work out how.

If I put 5000 files on my disk, and delete every alternate one, how
can it not be fragmented?

OS X defrags in the background for files up to 10MB in size, AFAIK. But
I've never known it to be an issue anyway and it's never discussed on
Mac NGs because it isn't an issue.


All *nix derived kernels have some sort of 'auto-defrag' going on, but
the key point is that by using the disk layout more intelligently, there
is less need for it as well.

Once again the legacy of Windows - a single user system with its roots
back in floppy disks - and Unix - a multi-user system designed to work
with a very busy disk from the outset - show up.

Windows was engineered to sell to unsophisticated users. Unix had to
sell to very critical industrial and commercial users, and was
engineered to work .

"All chrome and tailfins".


Mind, with SSDs who cares anyway?

Well quite.



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