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Status Delivered
Workspace AIX
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 5, 2016

Filesystem fragmentation cause slow performance

Bosch copied several files from directory A to B or C or D. In the target filesystem the data is heavily fragmented which has a negativ impact on the performance (especially TSM).

Bosch opened a PMR and the recommendation from the lab was to delete the data and recreate it new. This is not a accepted solution for Bosch, because they cannot handle it due to the massive amount of data.

AIX support adviced to open a DCR.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Nov 2, 2017

    This feature is available in AIX 7.2 Technology Level (TL) 2
    The defragfs command attempts to coalesce free space in the file system in order to increase the file system's contiguous free space. A new option "-f" is added to also coalesce internal fragmentation of all files in the file system.

  • Guest
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    Feb 19, 2016

    What is the current status of my RFE request? Who is working on my enhancement request?
    Bosch needs to get an update of the RFE status.

  • Guest
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    Feb 6, 2016

    Creating a new RFE based on Community RFE #83557 in product IBM AIX.