[pve-devel] [PATCH v2 docs] pvesm: mark ZFS level as both
Aaron Lauterer
a.lauterer at proxmox.com
Tue Apr 11 13:04:42 CEST 2023
ZFS can do both, and we do use both, block and file level functionality.
Signed-off-by: Aaron Lauterer <a.lauterer at proxmox.com>
---
changes since v1: rephrased the footnote for ZFS
pvesm.adoc | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pvesm.adoc b/pvesm.adoc
index 6ade1a4..651999a 100644
--- a/pvesm.adoc
+++ b/pvesm.adoc
@@ -67,27 +67,30 @@ data to different nodes.
.Available storage types
[width="100%",cols="<2d,1*m,4*d",options="header"]
|===========================================================
-|Description |PVE type |Level |Shared|Snapshots|Stable
-|ZFS (local) |zfspool |file |no |yes |yes
-|Directory |dir |file |no |no^1^ |yes
-|BTRFS |btrfs |file |no |yes |technology preview
-|NFS |nfs |file |yes |no^1^ |yes
-|CIFS |cifs |file |yes |no^1^ |yes
-|Proxmox Backup |pbs |both |yes |n/a |yes
-|GlusterFS |glusterfs |file |yes |no^1^ |yes
-|CephFS |cephfs |file |yes |yes |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
-|Ceph/RBD |rbd |block |yes |yes |yes
-|ZFS over iSCSI |zfs |block |yes |yes |yes
+|Description |PVE type |Level |Shared|Snapshots|Stable
+|ZFS (local) |zfspool |both^1^|no |yes |yes
+|Directory |dir |file |no |no^2^ |yes
+|BTRFS |btrfs |file |no |yes |technology preview
+|NFS |nfs |file |yes |no^2^ |yes
+|CIFS |cifs |file |yes |no^2^ |yes
+|Proxmox Backup |pbs |both |yes |n/a |yes
+|GlusterFS |glusterfs |file |yes |no^2^ |yes
+|CephFS |cephfs |file |yes |yes |yes
+|LVM |lvm |block |no^3^ |no |yes
+|LVM-thin |lvmthin |block |no |yes |yes
+|iSCSI/kernel |iscsi |block |yes |no |yes
+|iSCSI/libiscsi |iscsidirect |block |yes |no |yes
+|Ceph/RBD |rbd |block |yes |yes |yes
+|ZFS over iSCSI |zfs |block |yes |yes |yes
|===========================================================
-^1^: On file based storages, snapshots are possible with the 'qcow2' format.
+^1^: Disk images for VMs are stored in ZFS volume (zvol) datasets, which provide
+block device functionality.
-^2^: It is possible to use LVM on top of an iSCSI or FC-based storage.
-That way you get a `shared` LVM storage.
+^2^: On file based storages, snapshots are possible with the 'qcow2' format.
+
+^3^: It is possible to use LVM on top of an iSCSI or FC-based storage.
+That way you get a `shared` LVM storage
Thin Provisioning
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