computing, file system fragmentation, sometimes called file system aging, is the tendency of a file system to lay out the contents of files non-continuously...

In computer storage, fragmentation is a phenomenon in the computer system which involves the distribution of data in to smaller pieces which storage space...

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File System (BFS) is the native file system for the BeOS. In the Linux kernel, it is referred to as "BeFS" to avoid confusion with Boot File System....

and fragmentation. There are other members in the extended file system family: ext2, the second extended file system. ext3, the third extended file system...

computer storage File system fragmentation, the tendency of a file system to lay out the contents of files non-continuously IP fragmentation, a process in...

Apple File System (APFS) is a proprietary file system developed and deployed by Apple Inc. for macOS Sierra (10.12.4) and later, iOS 10.3, tvOS 10.2,...

performance of the file system, especially when handling large files. Delayed allocation assists in the prevention of file system fragmentation; online defragmentation...

In order to resist fragmentation, several extent-based file systems do allocate-on-flush. Many modern fault-tolerant file systems also do copy-on-write...

throughout the file system in an attempt to minimize free-space fragmentation. When there is an open file JFS will lock the AG the file resides in and...

The FAT file system is a file system used on MS-DOS and Windows 9x family of operating systems. It continues to be used on mobile devices and embedded...

In the maintenance of file systems, defragmentation is a process that reduces the degree of fragmentation. It does this by physically organizing the contents...

logging from there. There can be severe file system fragmentation in LFS, especially for slowly growing files or multiple simultaneous large writes. This...

that reorders the blocks in the file system just before the writes are done to reduce fragmentation and control file system aging. He also implemented soft...

The Smart File System (SFS) is a journaling filesystem used on Amiga computers and AmigaOS-derived operating systems (though some support also exists for...

compare general and technical information for a number of file systems. All widely used file systems record a last modified time stamp (also known as "mtime")...

A log-structured filesystem is a file system in which data and metadata are written sequentially to a circular buffer, called a log. The design was first...

drive-to-host interface. Transfer rate can be influenced by file system fragmentation and the layout of the files. Defragmentation is a procedure used to minimize...

portal Cache-oblivious algorithm Communication-avoiding algorithm File system fragmentation Partitioned global address space Row- and column-major order Scalable...

NT File System (NTFS) (commonly called New Technology File System) is a proprietary journaling file system developed by Microsoft in the 1990s. It was...

could find, regardless of location. Over time, this could lead to file system fragmentation, slowing access to the disk. Apple Pascal attempted to rectify...

64-bit editions of Windows Comparison of defragmentation software File system fragmentation "UltraDefrag 7.1.0 and 8.0.0 have been released". "UltraDefrag...

space which would otherwise be lost for other use to internal fragmentation. In file systems that don't support fragments, this feature is also called tail...

Extended) is a journaling file system developed by Apple Inc. It replaced the Hierarchical File System (HFS) as the primary file system of Apple computers with...

space for each file, called slack space or internal fragmentation, that is not available for other files but is not used for data in the file to which it...

large file to disk using special file-generator tools, then reading back the file. Transfer rate can be influenced by file system fragmentation and the...

different file carving techniques that are used to recover photos. Most of these techniques fail in the presence of file system fragmentation. Simson Garfinkel...

File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default file system for the MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating...

This also helps avoid the problem of memory fragmentation and requiring compaction to reduce fragmentation. Paging is often combined with the related technique...

responsible for performing the TRIM command on SSDs. Defragmentation File system fragmentation Comparison of defragmentation software "How to make a computer...