Defragment NTFS volume?
Hi guys,
Recently I asked a network administrator about the level of fragmentation on the NTFS-volumes that hold the Oracle datafiles.
His reply was: there is much fragmentation on that volume. He showed me a picture of "Disk Defragmenter" of MS Windows 2000 Advanced Server. That picture showed fragmented areas in red, but the whole picture was red!
Must I be worried about this? Can NTFS-level fragmentation influence the performance of Oracle? (I'm afraid so) Must I defragment regularly?
Hope you guys can shed some light on this issue...
Erik
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