Re: fragmentation?

From: Renegade (not.v_at_lid.net)
Date: 05/25/05 

Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 15:04:38 GMT

On Wed, 25 May 2005 10:43:04 +0200, RO|_F wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Short question, maybe someone can give me some information; I am working
> on 2 Snort installations; one on Windows (2000) platform, one on Redhat
> 9 In documentation of Snort for Windows, they talk about large
> fragmentation due to the extensive logging of snort. I believe in linux,
> fragmentation is not such an issue because of type of file system.
> However, I am not quite sure. If fragmentation can become an issue after
> some time, what tools can be used to 'defrag' ?
> Please advice.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rolf
> Utrecht, Netherlands

There is (was?) a defrag utility that can be used on ext2 filesystems for
those who feel that they must defrag. I have never seen a defrag program
for a journalling filesystem though. If it were a problem, surely someone
would have noticed and added a defrag program by now. I wouldn't worry
about fragmentation and Linux.

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