Perform backups at regular intervals. Perform regular preventative maintenance of devices with moving parts. Reschedule the processing to balance the workload. A file can be placed in a specific location. The fragment distribution on a specified file is shown.
Fragmentation is removed by rearranging file fragments.
The distribution of all the files on a specified disk are shown. Refer to the exhibits below. An extract of the output for both times is shown in the exhibits. Hick Inc. has a single processor F50 with 512MB of memory and four 4.5GB scsi drives. They have a flat IP network using the built-in 10Mbps ethernet adapter and are running AIX 4.3.3 with all the latest PTFs.