> On 3. 10. 2022, at 2:13, jstk...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello, > > I was asked the other day what file system oVirt uses to store virtual > machine images and how it differed from VMware VMFS. I had to admit that I > didn't quite understand this aspect of oVirt. I've had a look around but > haven't found an answer. I was wondering if someone could explain at a high > level, how the underlying oVirt VM storage domain differs from VMFS? What > file system is used? Does it use a file system at all?
oVirt supports three types of storage file-based where there are ordinary files on a posix filesystem, NFS, etc.. block storage domains are using LVM volumes for disks, there's no filesystem, VM disks are LVs. managed domains - storage operations are offloaded to Cinderlib with Ceph backend. Thanks, michal > > Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- users@ovirt.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@ovirt.org > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/IK74O6MBFY2VGFJPDSQYNAK74JLZLNU4/ _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users@ovirt.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@ovirt.org Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/OZ3SQXNRT54M5XFDI3VPKLLLRKXJ2RHD/
