Maintaining filesystem efficiency
Three aspects of filesystem usage can degrade the efficiency
of filesystems.
NOTE:
The information that follows
primarily applies to HTFS, EAFS,
AFS, and S51K filesystem types.
Disk fragmentation-
Disk fragmentation is the scattering of available disk space
caused by constant use and reuse of filesystem blocks.
See
``Reducing disk fragmentation''.
Excessively large directories-
Directories that contain large numbers of files
(regardless of file size) increase the system search time for files
within the directory.
See
``Monitoring and limiting directory sizes''.
Empty directory slots-
Empty directory slots, caused by large numbers of files being created
and moved or removed from a directory can also cause the directory
to become too large
(EAFS, AFS, and S51K filesystems only).
See
UNRESOLVED XREF-0.
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