What's the most performant folder sharing method (for my case)

[unlocomqx]

Hi,

I was running an apache dev server locally (MacOS Ventura 13.0) and it was running slow
(I use PrestaShop mostly, it's read/write heavy)

I then switched to Lima and shared my dev folder as you would, but I noticed no real gains.

I made a test without folder sharing (I simply installed PrestaShop on /var/www/html inside the instance) and the difference was huge
I then mounted /var/www/html using sshfs using something like

sshfs -p 60022 [email protected]:/var/www/html ./ubuntu -o allow_other,defer_permissions

It's fine, but I thought maybe there's a more performant way to share a folder without losing server performance

Any hint is appreciated

Thank you very much

[afbjorklund]

You can take a look at mutagen.io, or other similar sync solution ?

[unlocomqx]

Thank you, I'll look into it and check if it fits my needs

[AkihiroSuda]

You may also want to try mountType: virtiofs with vmType: vz:

• Support for Virtualization.Framework for macOS 13 #1147

Coming in Lima v0.14

[unlocomqx]

@AkihiroSuda Thank you, I will check it out