> Your harddisk seeks, everything is slow.
>
> So does that then mean that my options are;
1. Defragment, so there is less seeking
2. Get an SSD

Since 2 is too expensive for a decent size drive, is there anything i can do
about 1 without a backup and restore operation? Or will the fragmentation be
very small on reiser3 anyway (i mount with notail) so I should just accept
things as they are.