>> > I'm interested in setting up a FUSE-like infrastructure in userspace that >> > will >> > use NBD and allow people to develop virtual block devices without having to >> > write any kernel code. For example, one of the things I would like to do is >> > create a deduplicating block device, and it would be easiest if I could >> >> Dedupping block device? Something like http://vanheusden.com/java/BlackHole/ >> ? > > Yes, actually I have already come across BlackHole, which seems to be very > similar to what I want to do. But I was hoping to try for higher performance > by > doing the deduplication locally and in the kernel, using the device mapper. > (That is, after I prototype it in userspace using nbd.)
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