[Unionfs] Re: unionfs, cow, and whiteout

pascal at pabr.org pascal at pabr.org
Tue Jan 22 03:18:58 EST 2008


Dale Dude wrote:
> You guys should check out aufs instead. I've found it much more stable 
> than unionfs. Not only does it have multiple writable branches, it has 
> options for round robin creates across multiple writable branches.

I have been tempted to try it, but according to the documentation,
direct access to branches ("udba") is problematic.  Or maybe it's
just that they are more transparent about their limitations :)

Also, it does not seem to support xattr.

P.



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