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I've hard that file fragmentation on Linux is not a thing.

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I've hard that file fragmentation on Linux is not a thing. How come?

Pic related is my H: drive on Windows (obviously).
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>>60210533
if you use ur ms partitioned hdd then it still can do
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https://www.howtogeek.com/115229/htg-explains-why-linux-doesnt-need-defragmenting/
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>>60210839
>If fragmentation does occur, the file system will attempt to move the files around to reduce fragmentation in normal use, without the need for a defragmentation utility.
How does it do that without defragmenting?
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>>60210894
the file system will attempt to move the files around to reduce fragmentation in normal use
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>>60210916
So basically, it's defragmentation on-the-fly?
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>>60210533
> is not a thing
It is, but only if you fill it to the brim. I have no idea how to reach that level of fragmentation, tbqh.
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Why does windows 10 still use NTFS?
It's fucking embarassing.
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>>60211148
Are you mentally retarded or just a fucking idiot?
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>>60211148
They have ReFS in works but it still isn't large-scale production ready.
Something like BTRFS both feature-wise and stability-wise.
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>>60211187
not an argument
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>>60210973
It tries to prevent it happening from the first place and if it happens it defragments on the fly, yes.
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>>60211231
Feature-wise btrfs is god-tier. It's not even a contest. Too bad it's not that stable.
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>>60211231
> it still isn't large-scale production ready
Yeah, guess why.
> We created a filesystem which is impossible to break
> It broke, how can we recover the data?
> It's impossible, therefore we don't have any recovery tools
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>>60211274
>Feature-wise btrfs is god-tier. It's not even a contest. Too bad it's not that stable.
It always works 60% of the time
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>>60211575
If u didnt stray outside safety margin too much ill prolly fine maybe, probably

https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Status000
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>>60211187
both
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