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**Store URL format**: `mounted-ssh-ng://[username@]hostname`
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Experimental store type that allows full access to a Nix store on a remote machine,
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and additionally requires that store be mounted in the local file system.
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The mounting of that store is not managed by Nix, and must by managed manually.
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It could be accomplished with SSHFS or NFS, for example.
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The local file system is used to optimize certain operations.
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For example, rather than serializing Nix archives and sending over the Nix channel,
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we can directly access the file system data via the mount-point.
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The local file system is also used to make certain operations possible that wouldn't otherwise be.
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For example, persistent GC roots can be created if they reside on the same file system as the remote store:
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the remote side will create the symlinks necessary to avoid race conditions.
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