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Eats up the capacity of the storage and slow down query operations.

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Q: What is the effect of fragmentation on a file?
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Will changing your file structure affect the fragmentation of the disk?

Changing the structure of a file may or may not affect the fragmentation of the disk. But, in most cases, the computer is going to store the file in the same location after the change.


What are the two types of fragmentation?

n computing, file system fragmentation, sometimes called file system aging, is the inability of a file system to lay out related data sequentially (contiguously), an inherent phenomenon in storage-backed file systems that allow in-place modification of their contents. It is a special case of data fragmentation. File system fragmentation increases disk head movement or seeks, which are known to hinder throughput. The correction to existing fragmentation is to reorganize files and free space back into contiguous areas, a process called defragmentation.


When could fragmentation of the paging file occur?

If a paging file resides on a partition that contains other data, it may experience fragmentation as it expands to satisfy the extra virtual memory that is required.


Is used to reduce file fragmentation because a block of contiguous disk storage can be reserved for a file?

journal


When a single file is placed in clusters that are not right next to each other is?

That is known as fragmentation.


Give one reason you should make the paging file maximum size the same as the paging file initial size?

In order to prevent page file fragmentation.


What performance-degrading issue is that the paging file subject to if it moved to a partition containing data?

Fragmentation


What occurs when a single file is placed in clusters that are not right next to each other?

That is known as fragmentation.


When does fragmentation of the paging file occur?

Because sharks get their teeth cleamed by fish in the sea weed


What is the difference between volume fragmentation and data fragmentation in relation to disk drives?

Volume fragmentation is where the partition volume is physically split across the drive into variable pieces. This is common on HFS and some other filesystems that do not need to be sequential or single-piece, and virtual filesystems. Data fragmentation is when a file or data portion is physically split across a volume, rather than being in a single sequential piece. This is also called 'fragmentation' and can usually be remedied with a 'defragmenter'. It is usually an undesireable state, as it requires longer to load a fragmented file.


What effect does audience fragmentation have on media costs?

Its not a good question because it is not spesific. The answer to your question is: a fractional effect. You have to have a spesific cause to find its spesific effect.


What is fragmentation and its significance?

Fragmentation is when a single file's data becomes distributed across a hard drive, taking longer to read it. Fragmentation generally only occurs in Microsoft's technique(s) of storing data, since Apple and Linux both use different methods.