How to defrag your Linux system

> "There is a common misconception among GNU/Linux users that our systems never ever need to be defragmented."

Perhaps this is the reason:

"Linux ext2, ext3, and ext4: Much like UFS, these filesystems employ allocation techniques designed to keep fragmentation under control at all times. As a result, defragmentation is not needed in the vast majority of cases."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defragmentation

I've been using Linux for over 10 yrs and have yet to defrag any HDD. And believe me, all my HDDs have been "limited space". Heck, my current HDD (desktop) is only 60Gs. ;)

Someone is not telling the truth. 8|

Methinks someone just misses defragging their hard drives from their old Windows days,... I think it made them feel "technie." I haven't defragged a HDD myself in the 15 yrs or so that I've used Linux almost exclusively, either...

it's not just making them feel techie, it's making them feel that their computer is faster. you know, like gentoo users. ;-)

duck and cover! eMBee.

"Limited space" means not "small, but "nearly full", right? (Of course, one does tend to lead to the other.)

Defragmentation does help in one aspect: I/O merging. The more I/O accomplished per request, the better.

i thought i have come across a tool or an article discussing the idea tto check which files are loaded the most, and then somehow locate them together. so not just defragmentation but ordering by activity.

greetings, eMBee.