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BoostFS for Linux uses FUSE, an open-source software interface that enables nonprivileged users to securely create and mount their own file-system implementations.
FUSE allows the export of a virtual file system to the Linux kernel. Write operations through BoostFS and FUSE benefit from PowerProtect DD distributed segment processing.
Using FUSE and the DD Boost plug-in, BoostFS exports a storage unit on a PowerProtect DD system to a mount point on a client. On the client, file system operations conducted on the mount point are captured by the kernel before being passed through FUSE to BoostFS.
BoostFS runs as a daemon on a client. As a software module, BoostFS serves as a layer between FUSE and DD Boost.