How often do you defrag?

[Necuno]

once a month. jkdefrag ftw

 

[Milano]

Bit of a personal question

About twice a year but once read that there is some controversy about whether it really improves performance.

EDIT: Oh, here http://www.systemshock.co.za/forums/index.php?showtopic=11850&hl=defragmenting

 

[Pyro]

Vista schedules defrags as well, can't recall the frequency.

 

[Tux]

Linux user. dont need it.

 

[Pyro]

Linux user. dont need it.

Not 100% accurate.

The disk still gets fragmented, it's just less likely to be. And while it works great for files that are created on a specific files, it doesn't mean it'll work that great for files that grow dynamically.

It also slows down file creation if you've got a lot of small files. Fragmentation is also likely to occur in systems with large amounts of small files. Email servers where mails are stored as separate files are a good example.

Linux does a bit of pre-processing while you're actively working. Windows allow you to defrag at a later time when the system is not as stressed for processing time.

I believe there is an online defragment util in the works for ext4.

 

[risingtide]

I hope you backup your HD before the defrag. Most HD failures occur during a defrag process.

 

[LFX]

I hope you backup your HD before the defrag. Most HD failures occur during a defrag process.

that's NEWS to me !

 

[DeathStrike]

i never defrag... y? cos i have a program that constantly defrags my pc as it CPU usage stay below 30%. the program is called IObit SmartDefrag. its free.

 

[chickenbeef]

I defrag when i am really really bored

 

[kiepie]

I cant remember when last I defragged

+1

 

[DarthCat]

Never

 

[LazyLion]

http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/DiskTune.htm

 

[Dan C]

Never

 

[elmorya]

Should your drive be 90%+ full, then!

 

[foozball3000]

Never... Nor do I ever have to.
/thanks Ubuntu creators.

 

[butc8]

Used to defrag quite alot but dont anymore coz I didnt really see a performance improvement.

These registry cleaner also dont seem to do much.

 

[simongie]

Never ever ever ever

 

[howardb]

I have SSD's, so no defrag needed...

My data drives never require defrag, but if I do need to do it for some reason, I use Raxco's PerfectDisc.

 

[kartikk]

Running Diskeeper in automatic, defrags whenever required

 

[boramk]

Don;t need to defrage an SSD