zfs discuss - Jul 2006 - Does ZFS need Autodefrag like other File Systems

Hi all,

A simple question: does ZFS need Autodefrag like other File Systems?

Regards,
Adam

I try to address it myself first.

I think most of File Systems need this Autodefrag function as the file 
data is distributed at different unconsecutive blocks after the file 
systems has been used for a long time.
Though ZFS is based on Transaction and Copy-On-Write, some modifications 
to an existing file will result in this kind of unconsecutive blocks.
Thus some kind of Autodefrag tools would be applicable to ZFS.

Please feel free to comment or correct.

Regards,
Adam

Yi-Feng Adam Zhang wrote On 2006?07?31? 15:45,:
>Hi all,
>
>A simple question: does ZFS need Autodefrag like other File Systems?
>
>Regards,
>Adam
>
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