Re: Does balancing also defragment data?

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On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 03:20:25PM +1000, Robbie Smith wrote:
> 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?

I've updated the manual page of balance to avoid saying 'rewrite' but
rather 'move to new physical location' and added notes about extent
sharing. Thanks.



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