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2018 May 01
2
Re: Create qcow2 v3 volumes via libvirt
...hance qemu to refuse operations that
would risk data loss, or to perform a slower version of the operation
with the same result instead of its current fast but wrong
implementations, when dealing with mixed-internal/external backing chains).
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-04/msg00865.html
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2018 May 01
0
Re: Create qcow2 v3 volumes via libvirt
...perations that would risk data loss, or to perform a slower version
> of the operation with the same result instead of its current fast but
> wrong implementations, when dealing with mixed-internal/external
> backing chains).
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-04/msg00865.html
Ok, I think I'll continue to use RAW images + filesystem snapshots +
external snapshot when required.
It is unfortunate that we have no GUI to manage external snapshots. I
even remember that external snapshot remove was not supported - I had to
use the --metadata flag and a plain "...
2018 May 01
3
Re: Create qcow2 v3 volumes via libvirt
On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 08:42:56PM +0200, Gionatan Danti wrote:
> Another question: how reliable are qcow2 ver2/3 files nowadays? Are you
> using them in production environments?
qcow2 is widely used in production at large scale in general. Just not
with internal snapshots - almost everything uses external snapshots,
aka backing file chains.
> At the moment, I am using RAW files and