[CentOS] file system defragmentation

Fong Vang
Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:12:56 -0000

I've read in many places that file systems on Linux do not suffer the
same fragmentation problems of Windows systems.  No one has provided a
clear explanation as to why fragmentation is not an issue for file
systems such as ext2/3, reiserfs, xfs, etc.  Just curious.