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Subject: Disk fragmentation
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Date: Wed, 21-May-86 00:55:01 EDT
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I have observed the disk fragmentation produced by XQP (VMS V4.3)
for some time and got the impression that it is unnecessarily high.
For instance the XQP appears to be distributing small files all
over the volume, splitting large free "extents" into ever smaller
fragments. I think that "extent caching" could be the culprit.

Question: Has anyone successfully "tuned" his system to minimize
disk fragmentation? Does it help to turn off extent caching?

Thanks in advance for any hints.
                                        W.J.M.


J.W.Moeller, GWDG, D-3400 Goettingen, F.R.Germany       0551-201516
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