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Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
  • Expand : * Section "Why fragmentation occurs"
    • Explain how the efficiency of page cache/buffer cache combined with readahead decreases with fragmentation
    • In proactive techniques, add keeping related files in the same cylinder groups to improve locality of reference, as in Unix File System
    • XFS allocation groups, if they are relevant (see "Scalability in the XFS File System" source)
    • More information about retroactive techniques. Perhaps mention algorithms used in defragmentation tools?