[Info-vax] backup /image on Windows or Unix?

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

MG wrote 2013-01-25 12:28:
> On 25-jan-2013 12:09, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>> Isn't that "automatic" ?
>
> If that fits your definition,...

Anything that is not "manualy", yes. :-)

> I guess so, but I was more under the
> naïve impression that it would have been less /improvised/ and more
> 'fundamental', like in the aforementioned UFS approach (i.e. on the
> disk and/or file system, thus not so much a 'userland' intervention;
> whether pre-configured as such, or not).
>

The UFS approach is not a defragmentation as such. UFS allocates files
(or moves them when extended) in away to try to keep out of fragmentation
in the first place. If that is better or not depends on the actual disk
usage, I guess. Saving a large media file and having it relocate
several times *might* give worse performance than simply allocate
a new fragment and keep on writing.

And besides, the common PC user just couldn't care less. :-)

>
>> Did *you* plan the defrag job?
>> Or replied to any question about that during install?
>
> No *I* wasn't asked anything, in good MS tradition.

Yes, it is a good tradition and fits the market they are targeting.

> When were *you*
> ever asked anything during a Windows installation?  (Asking for the
> obvious, aren't *you*?)
>

My laptops comes with a suitable OS installed. I reply to a few
questions (timezone, keybord layout and so on), and that's it.

And no, I do not expect to be asked about things that are
handled automaticly anyway. :-)

Jan-Erik.