On 10/31/05, Dale <dalek@exceedtech.net> wrote:
>
> Rafael Fernández López wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >Well, I'd like to recover those holes (that 10% of the disk) and how to
> >do it, because I've tried with e2fsck with different options and read
> >"man e2fsck" with no possitive results.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Rafael Fernández López.
> >
> >
> >
> There was a guru on the forums that explained to me that it does not
> mean the files are fragmented or lost. If you want, I'll try to find
> the thread and post a link. It made a lot of sense after I read it.
> Basically, you haven't lost anything so there is nothing to gain.
>
> I can't remember for sure but I think it was on the LQ forums. I think
> I can find it but it may take a bit of looking. It was a while ago.



For a more sustainable situation, switch to XFS [It involved a
backup/format/restore by whatever means you want] In any case, xfs has a
tool called 'xfs_fsr' Which means 'file system reorganizer'. It does
defragmentation, and balances some other stuff too. I run it weekly on my
production servers, and nightly on mostof my workstations.

js