overlay filesystem

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf filesystem
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:OverlayFS
gptkbp:category union filesystem
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:mainline_Linux_kernel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label overlay filesystem
gptkbp:introducedIn gptkb:Linux_kernel_3.18
gptkbp:license gptkb:GPLv2
gptkbp:limitation no support for NFS lower layer
no support for SELinux on lower layer
no support for hard links across layers
gptkbp:maintainedBy gptkb:Linux_kernel_community
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:unionfs
aufs
gptkbp:supports copy-on-write
union mount
read-only lower layer
read-write upper layer
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Podman
gptkb:Docker
gptkb:Kubernetes
gptkbp:usedFor system upgrades
container storage
live system images
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Linux
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:UnionFS
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6