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On Saturday 03 Sep 2016 16:39:03 Stroller wrote: |
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> > On 2 Sep 2016, at 23:03, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > |
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> > … a potentially more effective defrag method irrespective of fs |
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> > (we're talking about spinning disks where this issue applies) i |
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> I understood that fragmentation can also occur on flash-based disks. |
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> Although the effect of it is not so noticeable, I understood that it still |
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> has one. |
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> Stroller. |
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Yes, flash drives (unlike spinning drivers) are completely digital. In |
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addition, wear levelling algorithms invariably kick in and bits and bytes are |
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sprayed all over the pages/modules of the memory chips. So you could say they |
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are fragmented by design. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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