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{{cite book}}: CS1 hooldus: kuupäev ja aasta (link)UNIX filesystems tend to do a lot to prevent fragmentation and generally reduce head motion – preallocation, cylinder groups, blah blah blah – but it does still occur and most filesystems don’t actually do all that much to undo it once it exists.
As we have seen, an HFS+ volume seems to resist fragmentation rather well on Mac OS X 10.3.x, and I don't envision fragmentation to be a problem bad enough to require proactive remedies (such as a defragmenting tool).
One of the many improvements NTFS provided was a reduced propensity for fragmentation.
One of the many improvements NTFS provided was a reduced propensity for fragmentation.
UNIX filesystems tend to do a lot to prevent fragmentation and generally reduce head motion – preallocation, cylinder groups, blah blah blah – but it does still occur and most filesystems don’t actually do all that much to undo it once it exists.
As we have seen, an HFS+ volume seems to resist fragmentation rather well on Mac OS X 10.3.x, and I don't envision fragmentation to be a problem bad enough to require proactive remedies (such as a defragmenting tool).