Mergerfs is very cool.

#SelfHosted

Last night I started using #mergerfs and I was shocked how easy it was. I know it is not a "real filesystem", but I was expecting more trouble by using drives with existing content.

Master the Basics - MergerFS the Best Way to Combine Drives for Your Home Media Server If you are like me, you buy hard drives whenever they go on sale at the best price per terabyte. Over time, you end up with a mix of different-sized drives, making storage management a headache. Your ...

💾 Got a mix of hard drives? Stop managing them separately. MergerFS turns them into one giant storage pool—no RAID, no data risk, just pure flexibility.

🎬 Perfect for media servers, and so easy to set up!

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#MergerFS #HomeServer #SelfHosting

MergerFS: the step child of file systems. ZFS gets all the attention now a days.

However, for a media server I feel like there is no better solution than MergerFS.

Grab any size hard drive, pop it in and add it to the pool.

Need redundancy? Bolt on SnapRAID. 🔧

#MediaServer #MergerFS #SnapRAID

Love my media server but I really need to get my storage sorted out. The drive Hokey Pokey to get the library drives mounted has officially gotten old. It’s just such a daunting project to transition & I think I need new hardware to boot. Bah. #homelab #jellyfin #mergerfs #snapraid