unionfs-fuse 0.15 review

unionfs-fuse filesystem is an effort to create a userland unionfs implementation that is probably slower but way more flexible than t

License: BSD License File size: 5K Developer: Radek Podgorny

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unionfs-fuse filesystem is an effort to create a userland unionfs implementation that is probably slower but way more flexible than the current kernel-only based unionfs solution.

Here are some key features of "unionfs fuse":
Why choose this stuff

The filesystem has to be mounted after the roots are mounted when using the standard module. With unionfs-fuse, you can mount the roots later and their contents will appear seamlesly
You get caching which speeds things up a lot for free
You get nice stats (optional)

Why NOT choose it

Compared to kernel-space solution we need lots of useless context switches which makes kernel-only solution clear speed-winner

Available parameters

--roots=/root1,/root2
--stats

TODO

Add support for creating directories
Add support for choice which roots are read-only and which are not
Add cache controls
Handle writing to /stats intelligently

What's New in This Release:
This is a maintenance release for the new FUSE interface.