From 4bcf9cc32120cfcb4547b239f2774f82e3175333 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Lauterer Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:04:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] pvesm: mark ZFS level as both ZFS can do both, and we do use both, block and file level functionality. Signed-off-by: Aaron Lauterer --- pvesm.adoc | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/pvesm.adoc b/pvesm.adoc index b131015..d250e0b 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 |Plugin 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 |Plugin 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, which provide +block device functionality. -^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 -- 2.39.5