On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 11:46 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 18:27 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
What I *did* claim is that ext3 is subject to fragmentation.
The "so what" answer is probably the best answer that you're going to
If you actually bothered to read what went before, you'd see that is response is malapropos.
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I don't worry about fragmentation any more than I worry about other technicalities of how the data is put onto the drive.
Arguing against claims I haven't made.
*sigh*
Not true, Mike. Both the original poster and you discussed performance:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-December/msg03298.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-December/msg03340.html
and you asserted:
"Umm, I believe the argument is not that it defrags itself, just that the type of fragmentation it enjoys does not affect performance. Some sort of fertilizer[*], if you ask me."
So, please come up with some actual measurements that will back up your "fertilizer" story.
Ed