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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Evolution of Storage Solutions in Media Servers
The evolution of storage solutions in media servers has seen a significant shift from running containers in production being considered crazy in 2013 to a current norm. Technologies like mergerfs have enabled combining multiple hard drives of various sizes and file systems under a single mount point, simplifying storage management. Unlike traditional RAID systems, mergerfs does not require an upfront commitment for drive configuration, allowing for easy scalability. This flexibility has been particularly beneficial when dealing with evolving hard drive capacities, moving from terabyte ranges to 20 terabytes today. While ZFS remains popular, mergerfs offers a different approach to managing storage tiers efficiently.
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