Ploop

Ploop is a disk loopback block device, not unlike loop but with many features like dynamic resize, snapshots, backups etc. The main idea is to put container filesystem in a file.

Warning: This is a new feature, not yet ready for production systems. Use with caution.

• Why ploop is good for you
• Getting started with ploop
• Ct in a file.pdf (info) Container in a file presentation
• README

Ploop tools:

• Download/ploop
• ploop tools git repo

Blog entries:

• Introducing container in a file aka ploop
• Effective live migration with ploop write tracker