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nbd

Tools for network block devices (client)

About nbd

Tools for network block devices (client)

This project links 12 native package records across 6 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

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Alpine Linux 3.21: 3 package records; Alpine Linux 3.22: 3 package records; Alpine Linux 3.23: 3 package records; openSUSE Leap 15.6: 1 package records; openSUSE Leap 16.0: 1 package records; openSUSE Tumbleweed: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.nbd: recorded package coverageAlpine Linux 3.213 recordsAlpine Linux 3.223 recordsAlpine Linux 3.233 recordsopenSUSE Leap 15.61 recordsopenSUSE Leap 16.01 recordsopenSUSE Tumbleweed1 records
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Project identity

Project
nbd
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
12
Operating systems
alpine-linux-3-21, alpine-linux-3-22, alpine-linux-3-23, opensuse-leap-15-6, opensuse-leap-16-0, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression
GPL-2.0-or-later
Metadata completeness
70/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
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Source repository
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Source-reported description

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This package contains nbd-server. It is the server backend for the nbd network block device driver that's in the Linux kernel. nbd can be used to have a filesystem stored on another machine. It does provide a block device, not a file system; so unless you put a clustering filesystem on top of it, you can't access it simultaneously from more than one client. Use NFS or a real cluster FS (such as ocfs2) if you want to do this. nbd-server can export a file (which may contain a filesystem image) or a partition. Swapping over nbd is possible as well, though it's said not to be safe against OOM and should not be used for that case. nbd-server also has a copy-on-write mode where changes are saved to a separate file and thrown away when the connection closes. The package also contains the nbd-client tools, which you need to configure the nbd devices on the client side.

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Packages by operating system

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Alpine Linux 3.21

  1. nbd

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source nbd

    3.26.1-r0

    Tools for network block devices

    aarch64x86_64v3.21
  2. nbd-client

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source nbd

    3.26.1-r0

    Tools for network block devices (client)

    aarch64x86_64v3.21
  3. nbd-openrc

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source nbd

    3.26.1-r0

    Tools for network block devices (OpenRC init scripts)

    aarch64x86_64v3.21

Alpine Linux 3.22

  1. nbd

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source nbd

    3.26.1-r0

    Tools for network block devices

    aarch64x86_64v3.22
  2. nbd-client

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source nbd

    3.26.1-r0

    Tools for network block devices (client)

    aarch64x86_64v3.22
  3. nbd-openrc

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source nbd

    3.26.1-r0

    Tools for network block devices (OpenRC init scripts)

    aarch64x86_64v3.22

Alpine Linux 3.23

  1. nbd

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source nbd

    3.26.1-r0

    Tools for network block devices

    aarch64x86_64v3.23
  2. nbd-client

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source nbd

    3.26.1-r0

    Tools for network block devices (client)

    aarch64x86_64v3.23
  3. nbd-openrc

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source nbd

    3.26.1-r0

    Tools for network block devices (OpenRC init scripts)

    aarch64x86_64v3.23

openSUSE Leap 15.6

  1. nbd

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Productivity/Networking/Other / source nbd

    3.24-150000.3.3.1

    Network Block Device Server and Client Utilities

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6

openSUSE Leap 16.0

  1. nbd

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Unspecified / source nbd

    3.25-160000.3.2

    Network Block Device Server and Client Utilities

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0

openSUSE Tumbleweed

  1. nbd

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Unspecified / source nbd

    3.27.1-2.3

    Network Block Device Server and Client Utilities

    x86_64tumbleweed

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