# What is the best docker storage backend to use on a VPS?

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**Created:** [10월 18, 2015, 7:57오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-docker-storage-backend-to-use-on-a-vps/34646 "2015-10-18T07:57:37Z")\
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From what I have found, these are the available storage drivers:

1. Union File Systems - aufs and overlayfs

2. Snapshot Enabled File System - btrfs

3. Device Mapper Loopback

4. Device Mapper using raw block devices

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