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...

Architecture File manager File system fragmentation Filename extension Global file system Object storage Storage efficiency Synthetic file system Virtual file system...

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...

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

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...

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....

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...

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

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,...

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...

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...

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

for a number of file systems. Note that in addition to the below table, block capabilities can be implemented below the file system layer in Linux (LVM...

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

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

booting on a local area network when the operating system or firmware images are stored on a file server. TFTP was first standardized in 1981 and updated...

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...

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...

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...

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

page file-backed virtual memory must exceed 250% of the computer's physical memory before the page file will expand. The fragmentation of the page file that...

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...

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...

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

ISO 9660 (also known as ECMA-119) is a file system for optical disc media. The file system is an international standard available from the International...

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

NTFS and UFS file systems. He showed that while fragmentation in a typical disk is low, the fragmentation rate of forensically important files such as email...

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...