Bug#895405: RFP: vdo -- set of userspace tools for managing pools of deduplicated and/or compressed block storage

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 08:26:25AM +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> Laurent Bigonville wrote...
> 
> > VDO (which includes kvdo and vdo) is software that provides inline
> > block-level deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning
> > capabilities for primary storage.
> 
> As part of an evualation of VDO, I created packages for both the kernel
> and the userland. Unfortunately, the tests showed VDO, while being
> functional, is not a suitable solution for the very specific
> requirements here.
> 
> Therefore I will *not* take up this package, my task list is quite full
> already, and not being a user of the packages one maintains is a bad
> start. If however someone out there has a VDO setup in everyday usage
> and wants to benefit from VDO being in Debian, drop me a line. Perhaps
> we can find a way to get this done. You dont't have to be a DD, but
> should have a knowledge and experience with Linux, especially in the
> LVM/VDO area.

For cross-reference there is a request to enable CONFIG_DM_VDO in the
kernel in #1076457.

Regards,
Salvatore