Scenario:
You have 10 hard-drives (A…J) across three computers (Alpha Beta Gamma) all running … say windows 7.
Lets say that these drives each have a folder for /Music /Movies etc across them all.
On Linux with UnionFS I was able to map a local share on say my computer Delta say… /Music which would be Read-Only and would contain all 10 drives' /Music directories.
Is there a similar software package (preferably with a Gui) which could give me this same flexibility. So that on Delta I could go to Z:/music and see the culmination?
This does not seem like an unlikely scenario and I'd hate to dedicate a Linux box to merging all those drives and then sharing that folder so that my windows laptop (Delta) can have something nice and clean to access.
Best Answer
Windows 7 has introduced the concept of Library, which is functionally somewhat the same as UnionFS. From How to Use Windows 7's New Library Feature:
For some more detailed info, see:
Windows 7 Libraries .NET Sample Library – an Overview
Understanding Windows 7 Libraries