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Equipment & Techniques => Computers & Peripherals => Topic started by: PeterAit on May 01, 2010, 11:41:07 am

Title: Defragging a RAID 0 set
Post by: PeterAit on May 01, 2010, 11:41:07 am

When I have the Windows 7 defrag utility analyze my RAID 0 boot drive it reports 0% fragmentation. Does this mean it can't be defragged? Doesn't need to be? Or do I need a special utility?

Thanks.

Title: Defragging a RAID 0 set
Post by: JeffKohn on May 01, 2010, 12:09:43 pm

RAID should be transparent to the defragger. If it says there are no fragmented files, that's probably the case. If you have a fairly large partition that's less than half-full, I wouldn't find this particularly surprising.

Title: Defragging a RAID 0 set
Post by: PeterAit on May 01, 2010, 12:26:06 pm

Quote from: JeffKohn

RAID should be transparent to the defragger. If it says there are no fragmented files, that's probably the case. If you have a fairly large partition that's less than half-full, I wouldn't find this particularly surprising.

That's the case, 20% used. Thanks for quick answer!