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From: breck@aimt.UUCP (Robert Breckinridge Beatie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Compressing unix disks
Summary: BSD filesystem anti-fragmentation mechanisms are not perfect
Message-ID: <663@aimt.UUCP>
Date: 8 Mar 88 04:09:51 GMT
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Organization: AIM Technology, Palo Alto, CA
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In article <305@marconi.SW.MCC.COM>, knutson@marconi.SW.MCC.COM (Jim Knutson) writes:
> The real question is why you would want to do this on a BSD system

Mostly because the BSD FFS doesn't do a perfect job of preventing file
system fragmentation.  If you remove as well as create files, or if files
grow, then you're going to get fragmented files.  Maybe the degree of
fragmentation is kept small enough that compressing the file system doesn't
get you anything back.  But that's for him to decide.
-- 
Breck Beatie
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"Sloppy as hell Little Father.  You've embarassed me no end."