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Add some new questions to FAQ
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@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@ The placing of usually smaller, faster storage as a transparent cache to
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larger, slower storage.
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NVMe, SSD, Optane in front of traditional HDDs for instance.
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.PP
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MergerFS does not natively support any sort of tiered caching.
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mergerfs does not natively support any sort of tiered caching.
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Most users have no use for such a feature and its inclusion would
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complicate the code.
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However, there are a few situations where a cache filesystem could help
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@ -2433,17 +2433,50 @@ All of which are fixed in stable releases.
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.SS Can mergerfs be used with filesystems which already have data / are in use?
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.PP
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Yes.
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MergerFS is a proxy and does \f[B]NOT\f[R] interfere with the normal
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form or function of the filesystems / mounts / paths it manages.
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mergerfs is really just a proxy and does \f[B]NOT\f[R] interfere with
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the normal form or function of the filesystems / mounts / paths it
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manages.
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It is just another userland application that is acting as a
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man-in-the-middle.
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It can\[cq]t do anything that any other random piece of software
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can\[cq]t do.
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.PP
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MergerFS is \f[B]not\f[R] a traditional filesystem.
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MergerFS is \f[B]not\f[R] RAID.
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mergerfs is \f[B]not\f[R] a traditional filesystem that takes control
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over the underlying block device.
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mergerfs is \f[B]not\f[R] RAID.
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It does \f[B]not\f[R] manipulate the data that passes through it.
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It does \f[B]not\f[R] shard data across filesystems.
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It merely shards some \f[B]behavior\f[R] and aggregates others.
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.SS Can drives/filesystems be removed from the pool at will?
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.PP
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Yes.
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See previous question\[cq]s answer.
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.SS Can mergerfs be removed without affecting the data?
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.PP
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Yes.
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See the previous question\[cq]s answer.
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.SS Can drives/filesystems be moved to another pool?
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.PP
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Yes.
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See the previous question\[cq]s answer.
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.SS How do I migrate data into or out of the pool when adding/removing drives/filesystems?
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.PP
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You don\[cq]t need to.
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See the previous question\[cq]s answer.
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.SS How do I remove a drive/filesystem but keep the data in the pool?
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.PP
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Nothing special needs to be done.
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Remove the branch from mergerfs\[cq] config and copy (rsync) the data
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from the removed filesystem into the pool.
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Effectively the same as if it were you transfering data from one
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filesystem to another.
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.PP
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If you wish to continue using the pool while performing the transfer
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simply create another, temporary pool without the filesystem in question
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and then copy the data.
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It would probably be a good idea to set the branch to \f[C]RO\f[R] prior
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to doing this to ensure no new content is written to the filesystem
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while performing the copy.
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.SS What policies should I use?
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.PP
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Unless you\[cq]re doing something more niche the average user is
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@ -2674,7 +2707,7 @@ The splice code was removed to simplify the codebase.
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.PP
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mhddfs is no longer maintained and has some known stability and security
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issues (see below).
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MergerFS provides a superset of mhddfs\[cq] features and should offer
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mergerfs provides a superset of mhddfs\[cq] features and should offer
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the same or maybe better performance.
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.PP
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Below is an example of mhddfs and mergerfs setup to work similarly.
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without the single point of failure.
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.SS Why use mergerfs over ZFS?
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.PP
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MergerFS is not intended to be a replacement for ZFS.
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MergerFS is intended to provide flexible pooling of arbitrary
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mergerfs is not intended to be a replacement for ZFS.
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mergerfs is intended to provide flexible pooling of arbitrary
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filesystems (local or remote), of arbitrary sizes, and arbitrary
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filesystems.
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For \f[C]write once, read many\f[R] usecases such as bulk media storage.
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