[ale] ext3 fragmentation

[Warren Myers]

from what I undersatnd, ext2 & ext3 will refragment very quickly, especially 
in a multi-user setting, so the non-continous blocks aren't a major worry.

WMM

On 7/25/05, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I've long heard that there is no need to "defrag" ext2 and ext3
> partitions..... So, should I worry about this one:
> 
> $ fsck.ext3 -f /dev/md12
> e2fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002)
> Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
> Pass 2: Checking directory structure
> Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
> Pass 4: Checking reference counts
> Pass 5: Checking group summary information
> /dev/md12: 287/525312 files (62.7% non-contiguous), 410249/1048576
> blocks
> 
> -Jim P.
> 
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