Defragmentation should be an issue for you on an SSD, even if there is some, right? ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:08:03 -0700 From: Matt Graham To: Subject: Re: swap file vs swap partition Message-ID: <064f92165a42d6f88a3430b42a5211f6@crow202.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed On 2020-10-28 16:24, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: > On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:43:22 -0700 > Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> The biggest difference is, files can become fragmented while >> partitions don't. > I had no idea there was such a thing as a Linux swap file. I guess > that's a recent thing. You could use a file as swap space in the early 2000s. I remember doing that on a few machines then. > If my partition file becomes fragmented, is there a way for me > to defragment it? Probably not. However, file fragmentation is not generally a problem on modern machines because disks and CPUs are much faster than they were in 1998. If you use ext4 and have a disk that's less than 10 years old and less than 95% full, you will not notice anything. /swapfile on my laptop has 11 extents and it doesn't seem to have any problems. -- Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress There is no Darkness in Eternity But only Light too dim for us to see. ------------------------------