Defragging XFS File Systems

[Michael Monnerie]

On Mittwoch, 8. Juni 2011 Kenneth wrote:
> > After that, I will make
> > a cron job to run on a regular basis to keep the volume from
> > getting so fragmented again.

How will you do that? Running xfs_fsr on a regular basis is *not* 
recommended, as it will age your filesystem and defrag free space. In 
the beginning, and as long as your filesystem is maybe 50% full it will 
be fine, but there's a point where it starts to get worse - much worse. 
Just run a recent kernel, it has all the naughty stuff to help keep the 
performance high.

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