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Latest revision as of 15:20, 10 March 2021
Description[edit]
Ploop is a disk loopback block device, similar to loop but with many features like dynamic resize, snapshots, backups etc. The main idea is to put container filesystem in a file.
Project resources[edit]
The source code is on Stash and mirror on GitHub.
To participate in development of ploop please subscribe to the mailing list: List info | List archives | Subscribe | Unsubscribe
See also[edit]
- Why ploop is good for you
- Getting started with ploop
- Limits of ploop, space-wise
- Ploop and diskinodes
- Backup with ploop
Ct in a file.pdf (info) Container in a file presentation- README Low-level commands for advanced users only
- ploop and sparse images
- Mount helpers to use standard
mount/umountcommands - ploop(8) man page
Articles about ploop in openvz blog:
- Introducing container in a file aka ploop
- Effective live migration with ploop write tracker
- Ploop snapshots and backups
- Ploop and live migration: 2 years later
Source code and packages downloads:
- Packages in Linux distributions
- Download/ploop
- ploop userspace git repo
- ploop packages in various Linux distributions.
