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nbdkit-split-plugin1
Nbdkit plugin to concatenate split files into one disk
Usage
nbdkit split
[file=]
file1
[[file=]
file2
[file=]
file3 ...]
Overview
"nbdkit-split-plugin" is a file plugin for nbdkit(1). One or more filenames may be given using the "FILENAME" parameter. These files are logically concatenated into a single disk image.
If you want to add a virtual partition table, see nbdkit-partitioning-plugin(1).
Differences from nbdkit-file-plugin
Normally to serve a single file you should use nbdkit-file-plugin(1). This plugin differs from nbdkit-file-plugin as follows:
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nbdkit-file-plugin is faster and more efficient. It has a fully parallel implementation, and does not have to deal with the complexity of locating the correct file to serve or splitting requests across files.
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nbdkit-file-plugin allows you to resize the underlying file dynamically. The underlying files must
notbe resized when using the split plugin.
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nbdkit-file-plugin can handle block devices, but the split plugin can only handle plain files.
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nbdkit-file-plugin handles writes of blocks of zeroes efficiently, but the split plugin cannot.
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nbdkit-file-plugin can "punch holes" in the backing file in response to a trim request from the client, but the split plugin does not support this.
Parameters
- [
file=]FILENAME -
One or more files to open. They are logically concatenated in the order they appear on the command line.
This parameter must appear at least once.
"file="prefix may be omitted in most cases. See "Magic parameters" in nbdkit(1).
Files
Version
"nbdkit-split-plugin" first appeared in nbdkit 1.2.
Releases
4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 3 times.