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containerd vs mergerfs

A side-by-side look at containerd and mergerfs. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

containerd

containerd

Development

containerd is an open source container runtime that manages the complete container lifecycle of its host system. It is designed to be lightweight and portable to support container execution on a range of operating systems and platforms.

containersdockerruntimeopen-source
mergerfs

mergerfs

File Management

mergerfs is an open source union file system for Linux, allowing you to combine multiple directories into a single virtual filesystem. It supports permissions, CoW, Directories, Extended attributes, etc.

linuxfilesystemunionfsfuse

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