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michelefaccini
Dec 24, 2011Aspirant
DEFRAG ON READYNAS ULTRA 2 PLUS ?
Hi everybody.....I would like to know if it's possible and or necessary to do defragmentation on the NAS's disks ? If yes, is there a specific tool to use ? I can't launch defrag from my desktop bec...
StephenB
Dec 24, 2011Guru - Experienced User
It is not possible to defrag, though you could wipe all the data (through a factory default) and reload from backup. This is a general ext3 filesystem issue, not limited to the ReadyNAS.
That being said, Linux does use strategies that keep fragmentation to a minimum.
That being said, Linux does use strategies that keep fragmentation to a minimum.
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