The basic task of moving data from one location to another on the server shows that a fragmented disk has a major negative impact on the file copy.
In the case of any file load from server to client the performance improvement will be determined by just how badly fragmented is the file located on the server.
Each of these tests was executed on the system when the personal folder was
fragmented and defragmented.
1992) has begun to yield insights into the dynamics of
fragmented tree communities.
Thompson reports that many parts of the Midwest have posted small increases in forest cover over the last decade, but much of the forest remains highly
fragmented and disjunct.
Migration of woodland birds at a
fragmented inland stopover site.
Scientists at the meeting also discussed how the
fragmented structure of asteroids might resolve a case of missing mass.
Sunlight striking the exposed surfaces of a recently
fragmented comet causes it to expel large amounts of gas and dust.
That could explain why Jupiter's gravitational tug on Shoemaker-Levy 9, though minuscule, nonetheless
fragmented the object into 20-odd pieces that line up like pearls on a string.
Amnesics also mentioned previously studied but consciously forgotten words after viewing
fragmented versions of the words, in which segments of each letter were omitted and the word's identity was ambiguous.