aaron kulkis cmiqlkx91hotpopcom mike mcmullin wrote sat 20080216 1324 0800 joe sloan wrote jerry houston wrote years defragging hard drives part routine system maintenance windows systems occurred ive linux systems running long enough might good idea defragment drives make sure everything running smoothly possible havent able find information drive defragmentation linux file systems searching defrag software installer turned results called something else linux land defragmentation possible linux file systems needed occasionally windows systems lot windoze converts ask antivirus software really issue vein defrag isnt something linux users ever worry either reason intelligent storage policies think unix file systems office competent secretary keeps things filed properly working see intelligent make lives much easier every file system pluses minuses real answer dont particular file system handles constantly expanding files disk allocation otoh pc file systems like office files tossed randomly use every weekend people hired come organize files thats true fat sets aside certain amount room particular file cluster size file grows past cluster size allotted another cluster pointed fat table file continued schema ends wastes space noncontiguous file parts one defrags order rearrange file written disk contiguously thus avoiding overhead due disks readwrite head jumping disk surface equivalent contents files stored consecutive pieces paper within folders within drawers office fileing cabinet opposed seektime overhead trying reassemble file needed pieces paper strewn office like tornado came joes analogy 100 appropriate tue 05 aug 2008 084658 0500 opensuse defragging possible necessary