+also provide an easy way to share data between different containers.
+
+
+Mount Points
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The root mount point is configured with the `rootfs` property, and you can
+configure up to 10 additional mount points. The corresponding options
+are called `mp0` to `mp9`, and they can contain the following setting:
+
+include::pct-mountpoint-opts.adoc[]
+
+Currently there are basically three types of mount points: storage backed
+mount points, bind mounts and device mounts.
+
+.Typical container `rootfs` configuration
+----
+rootfs: thin1:base-100-disk-1,size=8G
+----
+
+
+Storage Backed Mount Points
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Storage backed mount points are managed by the {pve} storage subsystem and come
+in three different flavors:
+
+- Image based: these are raw images containing a single ext4 formatted file
+ system.
+- ZFS subvolumes: these are technically bind mounts, but with managed storage,
+ and thus allow resizing and snapshotting.
+- Directories: passing `size=0` triggers a special case where instead of a raw
+ image a directory is created.
+
+
+Bind Mount Points
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Bind mounts allow you to access arbitrary directories from your Proxmox VE host
+inside a container. Some potential use cases are:
+
+- Accessing your home directory in the guest
+- Accessing an USB device directory in the guest
+- Accessing an NFS mount from the host in the guest
+
+Bind mounts are considered to not be managed by the storage subsystem, so you
+cannot make snapshots or deal with quotas from inside the container. With
+unprivileged containers you might run into permission problems caused by the
+user mapping and cannot use ACLs.
+
+NOTE: The contents of bind mount points are not backed up when using `vzdump`.
+
+WARNING: For security reasons, bind mounts should only be established
+using source directories especially reserved for this purpose, e.g., a
+directory hierarchy under `/mnt/bindmounts`. Never bind mount system
+directories like `/`, `/var` or `/etc` into a container - this poses a
+great security risk.
+
+NOTE: The bind mount source path must not contain any symlinks.
+
+For example, to make the directory `/mnt/bindmounts/shared` accessible in the
+container with ID `100` under the path `/shared`, use a configuration line like
+`mp0: /mnt/bindmounts/shared,mp=/shared` in `/etc/pve/lxc/100.conf`.
+Alternatively, use `pct set 100 -mp0 /mnt/bindmounts/shared,mp=/shared` to
+achieve the same result.
+
+
+Device Mount Points
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Device mount points allow to mount block devices of the host directly into the
+container. Similar to bind mounts, device mounts are not managed by {PVE}'s
+storage subsystem, but the `quota` and `acl` options will be honored.
+
+NOTE: Device mount points should only be used under special circumstances. In
+most cases a storage backed mount point offers the same performance and a lot
+more features.
+
+NOTE: The contents of device mount points are not backed up when using `vzdump`.
+
+
+FUSE Mounts
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+WARNING: Because of existing issues in the Linux kernel's freezer
+subsystem the usage of FUSE mounts inside a container is strongly
+advised against, as containers need to be frozen for suspend or
+snapshot mode backups.
+
+If FUSE mounts cannot be replaced by other mounting mechanisms or storage
+technologies, it is possible to establish the FUSE mount on the Proxmox host
+and use a bind mount point to make it accessible inside the container.
+
+
+Using Quotas Inside Containers
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~