Intel(r) Core?2 Duo Processors"
Dotan Cohen
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Fri Oct 13 02:38:41 UTC 2006
On 13/10/06, Tony Nelson <tonynelson at georgeanelson.com> wrote:
> The common wisdom is that EXT2/3 are not affected by fragmentation, but
> without much real-world proof that this is so. The EXT2/3 filesystem
> metadata was designed to be not much affected by fragmentation, but that
> says little about the file data. I read an article / webpage (that I can't
> find right now) by someone who decided to experiment with new and used EXT2
> filesystems, and found a substatial slowdown. He was inspired to try this
> because he noticed that his computer sped up when given a fresh filesystem.
> You could try backing up and restoring to a fresh filesystem. If you
> spring for a new computer you'll back up and restore to the new computer.
> Either way you'll get a fresh new filesystem.
What about JFS? I was recommended to convert to JFS by the only linux
guru that I personally know. Any comments on it?
Dotan Cohen
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