Bug#832443: ITP: mergerfs -- mergerfs is a union filesystem geared towards simplifing storage

[Konstantin Khomoutov <flatworm@users.sourceforge.net>]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:21:48 +0530
Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@debian.org> wrote:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@debian.org>
> 
> * Package name    : mergerfs
>   Version         : 2.14.0
>   Upstream Author : Antonio SJ Musumeci <trapexit@spawn.link>
> * URL             : http://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs
> * License         : ISC
>   Programming Lang: C++
>   Description     : mergerfs is a union filesystem geared towards
> simplifing storage
> 
>  mergerfs is a union filesystem geared towards simplifing storage 

I supposed it should be "simplifying" in both cases.

> and management of files across numerous commodity storage devices. It
> is similar to mhddfs, unionfs, and aufs.
> 
>  Some salient features include
>  * Runs in userspace (FUSE)
>  * Configurable behaviors
>  * Support for extended attributes (xattrs)
>  * Support for file attributes (chattr)
>  * Runtime configurable (via xattrs)
>  * Safe to run as root
>  * Opportunistic credential caching
>  * Works with heterogeneous filesystem types
>  * Handling of writes to full drives

What does this mean?  Drives with no more room to write data left?

>  * Handles pool of readonly and read/write drives