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to: CHARLES ANGELICH
from: ROBERT SAYRE
date: 2003-01-19 16:00:00
subject: Linux fragmentation

CA> On the contrary, by the original definition of 'fragmentation'
CA> the Linux filesystem is fragmented by design which makes it
CA> surprisingly foolish of them to even use the terminology?

 Wouldn't that be fragmented free space and
non-fragmented files?

CA> I would think a more accurate description would be that some
CA> percentage of the filesystem is non-contiguous. In *nix speak
CA> this "non-contiguous" would be named mzlplxq or something
CA> equally as cryptic. ;-)

 Just my thoughts.

 Robert

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