In the maintenance of file systems, defragmentation is a process that reduces the degree of fragmentation. It does this by physically organizing the contents...
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XFS (section Online defragmentation)
allocation assists in the prevention of file system fragmentation; online defragmentation is also supported. Silicon Graphics began development of XFS ("X" was...
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File system fragmentation (section Defragmentation)
files and free space back into contiguous areas, a process called defragmentation. Solid-state drives do not physically seek, so their non-sequential...
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PerfectDisk (category Defragmentation software)
PerfectDisk is a defragmentation software product for Windows developed by Raxco. The application keeps track of file usage to lessen defragmentation time and...
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October 30, 2006. Kleiman, Dave; Hunter, Laura E (2006). Winternals Defragmentation, Recovery, and Administration Field Guide. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0080489872...
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OS X v10.3.0 BSD layer synchronized with FreeBSD 5 Automatic file defragmentation, hot-file clustering and optional case sensitivity in HFS+ Bash instead...
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Diskeeper (category Defragmentation software)
Diskeeper is a discontinued defragmentation app, designed for Microsoft Windows. It was developed by Executive Software International, Inc., which later...
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Microsoft Drive Optimizer (category Defragmentation software)
a disk to occupy contiguous storage locations, a technique called defragmentation. Microsoft Drive Optimizer was first officially shipped with Windows...
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the primary filesystem of the HP-UX operating system. With on-line defragmentation and resize support turned on via license, it is known as OnlineJFS...
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administer the database effectively, including import, export, monitoring, defragmentation and analysis utilities. The core part of the DBMS interacting between...
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UltraDefrag (category Free defragmentation software)
UltraDefrag is a disk defragmentation utility for Microsoft Windows. Prior to version 8.0.0 it was released under the GNU General Public License. In 2018...
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The following is a comparison of notable file system defragmentation software: Windows Task Scheduler "Idle" schedules and options settings will be applied...
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Ext3 (section Defragmentation)
inconsistencies will corrupt the filesystem. There is no online ext3 defragmentation tool that works on the filesystem level. There is an offline ext2 defragmenter...
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Netfilter (section Packet defragmentation)
fragmentation is dealt with the connection tracking subsystem requiring defragmentation, though TCP segmentation is not handled. In case of FTP, segmentation...
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Contig is a command line defragmentation utility for Windows developed by Microsoft as part of the Sysinternals Suite. Contig is designed to defragment...
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root file system during installation. In July 2011, Btrfs automatic defragmentation and scrubbing features were merged into version 3.0 of the Linux kernel...
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NTFS versions used by 32-bit and 64-bit Windows are supported. No defragmentation is required prior to resizing since version 1.11.2. ntfsresize is included...
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Defraggler (category Defragmentation software)
Defraggler is a freemium defragmentation utility developed by Piriform Software, which can defragment individual files or groups of files on computer...
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communication Winsock 2 and the TCP/IP stack improvements File system defragmentation support Internet Explorer 2 The server editions of Windows NT 4.0 include...
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Explorer on XP is, but only with proper defragmentation. On Vista, it moves a tad slower even if defragmentation of the disk has been performed." In 2009...
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related pieces are close together. For example, the primary job of a defragmentation tool is to rearrange blocks on disk so that the blocks of each file...
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repair a corrupted filing system and sometimes recover deleted files. Defragmentation tools for FAT file systems may be used on such cards. The resulting...
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PageDefrag (category Defragmentation software)
than Windows Defrag. However, a defragmentation of the page file can improve performance much more than defragmentation of the Registry will. PageDefrag...
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Some computer operating systems perform defragmentation automatically. Although automatic defragmentation is intended to reduce access delays, performance...
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Some computer operating systems perform defragmentation automatically. Although automatic defragmentation is intended to reduce access delays, the procedure...
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and automatic defragmentation. Despite the initial statement by Steven Sinofsky before the release of Windows 7, however, defragmentation is not disabled...
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Segmentation fault Virtual memory Storage access, file systems Boot loader Defragmentation Device file File attribute Inode Journal Partition Virtual file system...
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List of freeware (section Defragmentation software)
Freeware is software that is available for use at no monetary cost or for an optional fee, but usually (although not necessarily) closed source with one...
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