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Subject: RE: defrag xfs
From: "Wilkins, Vern" <vwilkins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:14:07 -0500
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Is this available for Linux?  I was aware of it on Irix, but I've never seen it 
included with the xfs utilities I use on Linux.  Maybe some source code that I 
can compile for Linux?

Thanks,
Vern


/bin
/bin/xfs_copy
/bin/xfs_db
/bin/xfs_admin
/bin/xfs_check
/bin/xfs_ncheck
/bin/xfs_growfs
/bin/xfs_info
/bin/xfs_io
/bin/xfs_bmap
/bin/xfs_freeze
/bin/xfs_logprint
/bin/xfs_mkfile
/bin/xfs_rtcp
/sbin
/sbin/fsck.xfs
/sbin/mkfs.xfs
/sbin/xfs_repair




-----Original Message-----
From:   Steve Lord [mailto:lord@xxxxxxx]
Sent:   Thu 1/20/2005 10:01 PM
To:     Wilkins, Vern
Cc:     linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:        Re: defrag xfs
Wilkins, Vern wrote:
> root@vw-linux /data # df -h /dev/sdb4
> Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sdb4              40G   22G   19G  55% /data
> root@vw-linux /data # xfs_db -r /dev/sdb4
> xfs_db> frag
> actual 62504, ideal 440, fragmentation factor 99.30%
> xfs_db>
> 
> 
> Are there any recent efforts to have a defrag utility for XFS on Linux?  I've 
> seen a few discussions about this, but it appears there isn't much demand for 
> a defrag utility for any journaling filesystems on Linux.
> 
> This partition has been in use only about a year, and is only moderately used 
> for editing mp3's and large mpg's.  I'll admit I haven't seen anything this 
> bad on other partitions such as / or /usr, but I've encountered situations 
> like this enough, with all journaling filesystems, that it really gets 
> frustrating not being able to defrag.
> 
> Vern
> 
> 

You mean like this:

                                                          xfs_fsr(8)

NAME
        xfs_fsr - filesystem reorganizer for XFS

SYNOPSIS
        xfs_fsr [-v] [-t seconds] [-f leftoff] [-m mtab]
        xfs_fsr [-v] [xfsdev | file] ...

DESCRIPTION
xfs_fsr is applicable only to XFS filesystems.

xfs_fsr improves the organization of mounted filesystems. The reorga-
nization algorithm operates on one file at a time, compacting or oth-
erwise improving the layout of the file extents (contiguous blocks of
file data).

Steve







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