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Layered File Systems

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In previous chapters, we addressed topics of process isolation via Linux namespaces and resource control for individual processes via cgroups. Now we delve into the topic of layered file systems, which constitute the third building block of the Linux container, after namespaces and cgroups.

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Jain, S.M. (2020). Layered File Systems. In: Linux Containers and Virtualization. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6283-2_5

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