[pve-devel] [PATCH docs] clarify snapshots on file base storages
Dominik Csapak
d.csapak at proxmox.com
Mon May 29 15:09:01 CEST 2017
since file based storages can utilize snaphots with qcow2, add a remark
also, restructure the remark on shared lvm to fit the style
Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak at proxmox.com>
---
pvesm.adoc | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pvesm.adoc b/pvesm.adoc
index 0896216..bc7a61a 100644
--- a/pvesm.adoc
+++ b/pvesm.adoc
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ snapshots and clones.
|===========================================================
|Description |PVE type |Level |Shared|Snapshots|Stable
|ZFS (local) |zfspool |file |no |yes |yes
-|Directory |dir |file |no |no |yes
-|NFS |nfs |file |yes |no |yes
-|GlusterFS |glusterfs |file |yes |no |yes
-|LVM |lvm |block |no |no |yes
+|Directory |dir |file |no |no^1^ |yes
+|NFS |nfs |file |yes |no^1^ |yes
+|GlusterFS |glusterfs |file |yes |no^1^ |yes
+|LVM |lvm |block |no^2^ |no |yes
|LVM-thin |lvmthin |block |no |yes |yes
|iSCSI/kernel |iscsi |block |yes |no |yes
|iSCSI/libiscsi |iscsidirect |block |yes |no |yes
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ snapshots and clones.
|ZFS over iSCSI |zfs |block |yes |yes |yes
|=========================================================
-TIP: It is possible to use LVM on top of an iSCSI storage. That way
+^1^: On file based storages, snapshots are possible with the 'qcow2' format.
+
+^2^: It is possible to use LVM on top of an iSCSI storage. That way
you get a `shared` LVM storage.
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2.11.0
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