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Measuring Fragmentation in HFS+

Posted by pudge on from the bring-out-the-big-guns dept.

keyblob8K writes "Amit Singh takes a look at fragmentation in HFS+. The author provides numbers from his experiments on several HFS+ disks, and more interestingly he also provides the program he developed for this purpose. From his own limited testing, Apple's filesystem seems pretty solid in the fragmentation avoidance department. I gave hfsdebug a whirl on my 8-month-old iMac and the disk seems to be in good shape. I don't have much idea about ext2/3 or reiser, but I know that my NTFS disks are way more fragmented than this after similar amount of use."

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  1. Re:NTFS fragmentation. by NDPTAL85 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Its not a cheap snide shot. Its common knowledge by now that NTFS is a fragmenting nightmare. Do not take your anger out on Slashdot because you are one of the last people to find this out.

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