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.== Description ==
{{Warning|This Ploop is a new featuredisk loopback block device, similar to loop but with many features like dynamic resize, snapshots, not yet ready for production systemsbackups etc. Use with cautionThe main idea is to put container filesystem in a file. == Project resources == The source code is [https://src.openvz.org/projects/OVZ/repos/ploop/browse on Stash] and [https://github.com/OpenVZ/ploop mirror] on GitHub. To participate in development of ploop please subscribe to the mailing list:[https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/devel List info] | [https://lists.openvz.org/pipermail/devel List archives] | [mailto:devel-join@openvz.org Subscribe] | [mailto:devel-leave@openvz.}}org Unsubscribe] == See also ==
* [[/Why/]] ploop is good for you
* [[/Getting started/]] with ploop
* [[/Limits/]] of ploop, space-wise
* Ploop and [[/diskinodes/]]
* [[/Backup/]] with ploop
* {{pdf|Ct in a file.pdf}} Container in a file presentation
* [[/readme/|README]] Low-level commands for advanced users only* ploop and [[/sparse/]] images* [[/Mount helpers/]] to use standard <code>mount</code>/<code>umount</code> commands* {{Man|ploop|8}} man page Articles about ploop in [http://openvz.livejournal.com openvz blog]:* [http://openvz.livejournal.com/40830.html Introducing container in a file aka ploop]* [http://openvz.livejournal.com/41835.html Effective live migration with ploop write tracker]* [http://openvz.livejournal.com/44508.html Ploop snapshots and backups]* [http://openvz.livejournal.com/47780.html Ploop and live migration: 2 years later]
Ploop toolsSource code and packages downloads:* [[Packages|Packages in Linux distributions]]
* [[Download/ploop]]
* [httphttps://gitsrc.openvz.org/?p=projects/OVZ/repos/ploop;a=summary /browse ploop tools userspace git repo]* ploop [[packages]] in various Linux distributions.
Blog entries:* [[httpCategory://openvz.livejournal.com/40830.html Introducing container in a file aka ploopSub-projects]]* [[httpCategory://openvz.livejournal.com/41835.html Effective live migration with ploop write trackerStorage]]
