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Ask HN: Linux Ext4 Disk Optimization

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If ext4 need no defragmentation then how/what definitively to optimize its disk access operation

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Nothing ext4 specific IIRC. There are some kernel optimization you can do, like this, but consider some of that to be a placebo:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/30286/can-i-configu...

Other than that, maybe consider an alternative filesystem like f2fs or xfs depending on the medium.

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