ZFS can do both, and we do use both, block and file level functionality. Signed-off-by: Aaron Lauterer <a.laute...@proxmox.com> --- A change to the column width was unfortunately needed. I renumbered the footnotes so that the first footnote starts with 1.
We probably should also check again, if we cannot get dir storage functionility integrated in the ZFS storage module to also support ISOs, backups, etc etc. pvesm.adoc | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/pvesm.adoc b/pvesm.adoc index 6ade1a4..08ad79c 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 that provide +block storage. -^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 -- 2.30.2 _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel
