lemme in@lemm.ee to Linux@programming.dev · 6 days agoDebcow Optimizing Debian Packages For Copy-On-Write File-Systemswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
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minus-squareTechnicallyColors@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoFragmentation is a big one on mechanical harddrives. If you have 1000 video files that all share half of their pieces with each other, the disk is going to seek like crazy between them instead of reading sequentially during playback.
Fragmentation is a big one on mechanical harddrives. If you have 1000 video files that all share half of their pieces with each other, the disk is going to seek like crazy between them instead of reading sequentially during playback.