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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.nla.gov.au!act.news.telstra.net!newshost.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newsrelay.netins.net!news.dacom.co.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!kalessin From: Adam Megacz <kalessin@netcom.com> Subject: Re: Ideal filesystem Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <314C8736.27CE1E1D@netcom.com> Sender: kalessin@netcom16.netcom.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <4gejrb$ogj@floyd.sw.oz.au> <4gilab$97u@park.uvsc.edu> <4giqu8$aqk@park.uvsc.edu> <4gira2$a9d@park.uvsc.edu> <hpa.31321eee.I.use.Linux@freya.yggdrasil.com> <4h7t5i$qoh@park.uvsc.edu> <DnoqB4.2sy@pe1chl.ampr.org> <glDH59i00YUvFFjspX@andrew.cmu. <4hptj4$cf4@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> <4i1t4s$muj@shelby.visix.com> <31462C1C.686CE00F@netcom.com> <4if8j6$4kh@park.uvsc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 21:42:14 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; Linux 1.2.13 i486) Lines: 17 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:19631 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:15645 Terry Lambert wrote: > ] 3) It creates major disk fragmentation. > > This is a strawman. Whether it creates fragmentation is a > function of the hosting FS. For DOS, it creates fragmentation; > for a modern FS, that really isn't a problem. But when you store all the EA's in a single file, and that file is accessed, written to, and read from often, all at different offsets, you can't help but encounter fragmentation. Even if the FS takes steps to minimize fragmentation, this will slow down the computer. -- Adam Megacz <kalessin@netcom.com> Website ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ka/kalessin/adam.html Linux - OS/2