A couple of questions. Are there any linux tools that can de-frag an ext2/3 partition? Are there any advantages to doing so if you're running hardware RAID5? Are there advantages / disadvantages if you're running LVM? === Al
Al Sparks wrote:> A couple of questions. Are there any linux tools that can de-frag an > ext2/3 partition? > > Are there any advantages to doing so if you're running hardware RAID5? > > Are there advantages / disadvantages if you're running LVM? > === Alyou're in luck cause you don't defrag an ext2/3 partition at all. defrag is for windows file systems. Ext file systems are a different animal all-together. -- Mark "If you have found a very wise man, then you've found a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough to learn from his own stupidity." =============================================Powered by CentOS4 (RHEL4)
> Al Sparks wrote: >> A couple of questions. Are there any linux tools that can de-frag an >> ext2/3 partition? >> >> Are there any advantages to doing so if you're running hardware RAID5? >> >> Are there advantages / disadvantages if you're running LVM? >> === Al > > you're in luck cause you don't defrag an ext2/3 partition at all. defrag > is for windows file systems. Ext file systems are a different animal > all-together.Why? What's different between NTFS and ext2/3 that defragging is needed in one but not the other? === Al
Dear Salam, Well i have used the command on shell "updatedb" it will allow you to make fast searching. Regards, Umair Shakil ETD On 9/21/07, Al Sparks <data345 at yahoo.com> wrote:> > A couple of questions. Are there any linux tools that can de-frag an > ext2/3 partition? > > Are there any advantages to doing so if you're running hardware RAID5? > > Are there advantages / disadvantages if you're running LVM? > === Al > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070921/2100dadc/attachment-0001.html>
umair shakil wrote:> Dear Salam, > > Well i have used the command on shell "updatedb" it will allow you to > make fast > searching.and slow down the whole box during updatedb :-)
umair shakil wrote:> Dear Salam, > > Well i have used the command on shell "updatedb" it will allow you to > make fast > searching. > > Regards, > > Umair Shakil > ETD >um... what? -- Mark "If you have found a very wise man, then you've found a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough to learn from his own stupidity." =============================================Powered by CentOS4 (RHEL4)