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    14  # Docker storage drivers
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    16  Docker relies on driver technology to manage the storage and interactions associated with images and the containers that run them. This section contains the following pages:
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    18  * [Understand images, containers, and storage drivers](imagesandcontainers.md)
    19  * [Select a storage driver](selectadriver.md)
    20  * [AUFS storage driver in practice](aufs-driver.md)
    21  * [Btrfs storage driver in practice](btrfs-driver.md)
    22  * [Device Mapper storage driver in practice](device-mapper-driver.md)
    23  * [OverlayFS in practice](overlayfs-driver.md)
    24  * [ZFS storage in practice](zfs-driver.md)
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    26  If you are new to Docker containers make sure you read ["Understand images, containers, and storage drivers"](imagesandcontainers.md) first. It explains key concepts and technologies that can help you when working with storage drivers.
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    28  ### Acknowledgement
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    30  The Docker storage driver material was created in large part by our guest author
    31  Nigel Poulton with a bit of help from Docker's own Jérôme Petazzoni. In his
    32  spare time Nigel creates [IT training
    33  videos](http://www.pluralsight.com/author/nigel-poulton), co-hosts the weekly
    34  [In Tech We Trust podcast](http://intechwetrustpodcast.com/), and lives it large
    35  on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/nigelpoulton).
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