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Write tracker
=== Write tracker ===
Write tracker is a feature of ploop that aims during is designed for live migration. When write tracker is turned on, the kernel memorizes a list of modified data blocks. This list then can be used to efficiently migrate a ploop device to a different physical server, with minimal container downtime. User-space support for this is implemented in '''ploop copy''' tool and is used by '''vzmigrate''' utility.
The idea is to do iterative migration of an image file, in the following
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