Showing posts with label defragmentation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label defragmentation. Show all posts

Friday, January 07, 2011

IS de fragmentation required in Linux File system?

One of the question that come out every once a while from new GNU/Linux users is how to defrag Linux? Usually most would be satisfied with the short answer "Linux does not need filesystem defragmentation like Windows".

For curious users who prefer a rather complete explanation about why GNU/Linux filesystem doesn't need defragmentation like WIndows are, then this article might provide such answer to you : Why doesn't Linux need defragmenting?