On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Dietmar Maurer <diet...@proxmox.com> wrote: >> > Did you look at the VMDK "Stream-Optimized Compressed" subformat? >> >> We've gone down several sub-threads discussing whether VMDK is suitable. >> I want to summarize why this is a good approach: >> >> The VMDK format already allows for out-of-order data and is supported by >> existing tools - this is very important for backups where people are >> (rightfully) paranoid about putting their backups in an obscure format. They >> want to be able to access their data years later, whether your tool is still >> around or not. > > The VMDK format has strong disadvantages: > > - unclear License (the spec links to patents)
I've already pointed out that you're taking an inconsistent position on this point. It's FUD. > - they use a very slow compression algorithm (deflate), which makes it > unusable for backup I've already pointed out that we can optionally support other algorithms. Stefan
