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% mergerfs(1) mergerfs user manual
% Antonio SJ Musumeci <trapexit@spawn.link>
% 2019-09-03
% 2019-12-10
# NAME
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https://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=155550785230874&w=2
#### Crashing on OpenVZ
There appears to be a bug in the OpenVZ kernel with regard to how it handles ioctl calls. It is making invalid requests which leads to a crash. As of 2019-12-10 there is a bug report filed with OpenVZ but it is not yet fixed.
#### Plex doesn't work with mergerfs
It does. If you're trying to put Plex's config / metadata on mergerfs you have to leave `direct_io` off because Plex is using sqlite which apparently needs mmap. mmap doesn't work with `direct_io`. To fix this place the data elsewhere or disable `direct_io` (with `dropcacheonclose=true`).
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# LINKS

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.TH "mergerfs" "1" "2019\-09\-03" "mergerfs user manual" ""
.TH "mergerfs" "1" "2019\-12\-10" "mergerfs user manual" ""
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
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A fix should become available for all LTS releases.
.PP
https://marc.info/?l=linux\-fsdevel&m=155550785230874&w=2
.SS Crashing on OpenVZ
.PP
There appears to be a bug in the OpenVZ kernel with regard to how it
handles ioctl calls.
It is making invalid requests which leads to a crash.
As of 2019\-12\-10 there is a bug report filed with OpenVZ but it is not
yet fixed.
.SS Plex doesn\[aq]t work with mergerfs
.PP
It does.
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features which aufs and overlayfs have.
.SS Why use mergerfs over unionfs?
.PP
UnionFS is more like aufs then mergerfs in that it offers overlay / CoW
UnionFS is more like aufs than mergerfs in that it offers overlay / CoW
features.
If you\[aq]re just looking to create a union of drives and want
flexibility in file/directory placement then mergerfs offers that
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.SH LINKS
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https://spawn.link