Re: [ovirt-users] virtual disk terminology in oVirt/RHEV improvements needed?

Hi, i just want to +1 this. I often have to lookup this information myself and it is not that clear at all which storage does use which file format and so on. Great writeup! -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Regards Sven Kieske Systemadministrator Mittwald CM Service GmbH Co. KG Königsberger

Re: [ovirt-users] virtual disk terminology in oVirt/RHEV improvements needed?

Definitely a +1. I've had/felt these frustrations from my management when trying to convince them on oVirt, so any more technically detailed, flow-charted, better explained verbiage would be most welcome. 2015-02-10 10:56 GMT-05:00 Sven Kieske s.kie...@mittwald.de: Hi, i just want to +1

[ovirt-users] virtual disk terminology in oVirt/RHEV improvements needed?

Hello, in my opinion the terms raw, qcow2, thin provisioned, sparse, preallocated are used in sub optimal way in oVirt and RHEV documentation and create confusion for the new incoming user (but not only to him/her) My referrals for them are: oVirt Admin Guide at: