Defragging Virtual Machine Residing On SSD

[steiney]

Hello all!

I am running a MBP C2D 2.33GHz (A1211 model) with an SSD. I have already learned the lesson about not defragging the SSD, but my question is:

Can I defrag a virtual machine from within the virtual machine, even though it's running on an SSD, or is that just as bad as defragging an SSD from the host machine? As I write this, it's occurring to me that it is probably just as bad, but I would still be interested to hear anyone's thoughts on the subject.

Thanks in advance!

steiney

 

[blueroom]

Don't defrag an SSD.

 

[steiney]

I think your were the person that told me that in a previous thread. Makes sense the more I think about it. Even though it's a VM, it's still running on an SSD. I guess I couldn't have thought through that one myself but just wanted to bounce the thought off someone else. Thanks!

 

[blueroom]

Defrag speeds up seek time (heads moving about) not an issue with SSDs.