non-contiguous: when is it problem?

[Bevan C. Bennett]

Brian Connolly wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Listen... I recently rebooted and did went through a auto file system
> check.  It reported a 5.7% non-contiguous files.
> 
> Is that a problem?  

Nope. It's normal. That's the percentage of 'fragmented' files that 
aren't strictly on a set of contiguous blocks.

> When is it a problem?  

I've never seen it become a problem, but you might get concerned if you 
get over 60%...

> How does one fix it?

Usually your filesystem drivers take care of it for you, or -at worst- 
fsck will clean things up on boot.