Links and Resources

Here are some useful links:

• Wikipedia Defrag page, includes an explanation of file fragmentation.
• Why doesn't Linux need defragmenting? by Dominic Humphries;
• Fighting fragmentation on Linux by Dominic Humphries;
• Does Linux need to be defrag’d? by Jack Wallen;
• Linux defrag utility by Con Kolivas
• Defrag Software reviews web site
• "Maximum Misunderstanding about Defrag Benchmarks" blog article, February 24, 2009
• "The Disk Defrag Difference", MaximumPC article, posted June 5, 2008
• "The Memory Optimization Hoax" by Mark Russinovich, explains why RAM optimisers make false promises in Windows XP and beyond.
• Insights and Rants blog.