From: Goswin v. B. <bre...@in...> - 2007-09-14 00:41:08
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Szabolcs Szakacsits <sz...@nt...> writes: > On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Szabolcs Szakacsits <sz...@nt...> writes: >> >> > Probably it should for an unauthorized user usually but not necessarily >> > in case of online defrag, repair etc if the right is granted. >> >> Having online defrag run freely on the FS while it is mounted invites >> desaster. > > Online defrag/resize/etc means that the fs synchronizes access to the live > [meta]data and ensures the consistency. That's one of the reasons why full > accessibility and control over any data would be desirable. > > Szaka Sure. But you wouldn't expect to have an ext3 mounted and run e2fsdefrag on /dev/sda at the same time. There is a reason they are designing an interface for defragers and filesystem to communicate at the moment. MfG Goswin |