It’s a well-known fact that file fragmentation seriously affects performance. The more files are broken up into fragments, the worse the performance, to the point that system reliability can be ...

While most agree that file fragmentation slows down computer performance, there still seems to be a bit of controversy over when defragmentation is really needed. Some think that larger disks don’t ...

eSpeaks' Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

One of the truisms of NetWare is that the traditional storage system has no need of defragmentation. In a desktop operating system (such as DOS or Windows), file storage blocks become scattered around ...

Defragmentation and disk optimization in Mac OS X collectively represent an issue nearly as contentious as the debate over repairing disk permissions -- one camp argues that utilties purportedly ...

Might require root, but if you're "this sort of user", you already have that. In most cases, Android as a media player handles large files which really don't give a shit about linear fragmentation as ...

A novel program utilizing an approach to defragment care for patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) resulted in better patient outcomes. Objectives: Given the problematic fragmentation of care ...