Re: fragmentation?

From: Rick Moen (rick_at_linuxmafia.com)
Date: 05/25/05 

Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 14:23:45 -0400

RO|_F <snortflip.5.rolf30@spamgourmet.com> wrote:

> 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' ?

I've FAQed this question and its answer. Please see:
"Defragmenting" on http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Filesystems 

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