On 26/03/2016 09:28, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Well of course it is somewhat, but the point is that new files tend to
be written in the middle of the biggest free space, depending on the
actual disk format in use, so they tend to simply grow linearly.

Fragmentation isn't a file in a random place, its a file in dozens of
random places, so to get the entire contents takes many seeks.

http://www.howtogeek.com/115229/htg-...defragmenting/

Good link. Thanks.

The Windows guys chose to put all their files near the same end of the
disk to reduce seeks when the disk is nearly empty. Linux has a
different approach - they are scattered all over the place.

Andy