On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
On 2014-07-02 16:12, James Knott wrote:
On 07/02/2014 07:31 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
If the file is not fragmented, then it should be as fast as a real partition.
How often are files fragmented? I thought the file systems used in Linux were fragmentation resistant.
Resistant, yes, but not immune. fsck tells you the amount. I have seen Linux machines heavily fragmented. Look:
ext4 uses a max of 128 MB block extensions. For large files that are pre-allocated the individual block extensions should be the full 128 MB if possible. It is unlikely all the block extensions will be contiguous from what I understand. Greg -- Greg Freemyer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org