Top "Fragmentation" questions

An unefficient usage of disk storage in memory or hard drive.

Page fullness in SQL server: Is higher always better?

So I've got a very frequently-run query on my SQL server instance that's generating a lot of wait time. On …

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How to calculate fragmentation?

Imagine you have some memory containing a bunch of bytes: ++++ ++-- ---+ +++- -++- ++++ ++++ ---- ---- ++++ + Let us say + …

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What is the difference between compaction and defragmentation?

My operating systems textbook says that compaction is a process that rearranges disk blocks such that all free disk blocks …

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How to see fragmentation of a specific file?

Is there a tool that would show me for a specific file on disk, how fragmented it is? (How many …

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Where can I find IP fragmented Sample pcaps for WireShark?

Are there any sources where I can find different pcaps samples for IP fragmented data (WireShark compatible)?

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How to find out fragmented indexes and defragment them in PostgreSQL?

I've found how we can solve this problem in SQL Server here - but how can i do it in …

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value of 'More Fragment' bit when IP packet is fragmented multiple times

Suppose I have two hosts, host A and host B, and host A sends a 1500 byte packet to B and …

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SQL Server: 12% index scan density and 50% fragmentation. How bad is "bad"?

How much fragmentation is bad? How low of scan density is too low? How low does scan density is bad? …

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