Re: Does balancing also defragment data?

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13.06.2020 08:20, Robbie Smith пишет:
> This is something I've been wondering about lately. The defragmenting
> tool has known issues that break reflinks when run on files with lots
> of snapshots or copies, but balancing does not do this. The manual
> states that running a full balance without filters will basically
> rewrite the entire filesystem, so does it also defragment as it runs,
> or does it preserve the extents?
> 

No, it does not. Balancing moves extents while defragmenting rewrites
extents.



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