Re: atomicity
Matthias Urlichs (smurf@noris.de)
10 Dec 1998 00:32:21 +0100
tytso@mit.edu writes:
>
> Blocks 10-8191, 8202-6000
> and ....
> Blocks 10-20, 30-56, 60, 64-66, 100-140, 142-143, 150-200, ....
>
> Both of the above two files are counted as a single "non-contiguous"
> file. But obviously, there's a very big difference as to the
> fragmentation of that particular file.
>
A better metric might be the average size of a fragment vs. the average
file size. i.e. (1-(aBs/aFs)) *100%.
Or the number of fragments vs. the number of files.
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