X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-docs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=pvesm.adoc;h=00f3d7ad9942ae788d8564df79c12d82d976d85f;hp=5ca5e3faa587f4a99a0192c0f832383d8f50c744;hb=51730d564b25db89833770e23a500927f46ab3a6;hpb=49a5e11cd14742d8ad28116fab7fce9fc85321bd diff --git a/pvesm.adoc b/pvesm.adoc index 5ca5e3f..00f3d7a 100644 --- a/pvesm.adoc +++ b/pvesm.adoc @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -[[chapter-storage]] +[[chapter_storage]] ifdef::manvolnum[] -PVE({manvolnum}) -================ -include::attributes.txt[] +pvesm(1) +======== +:pve-toplevel: NAME ---- @@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ include::pvesm.1-synopsis.adoc[] DESCRIPTION ----------- endif::manvolnum[] - ifndef::manvolnum[] {pve} Storage ============= -include::attributes.txt[] +:pve-toplevel: endif::manvolnum[] +ifdef::wiki[] +:title: Storage +endif::wiki[] The {pve} storage model is very flexible. Virtual machine images can either be stored on one or several local storages, or on shared @@ -46,41 +48,44 @@ Storage Types There are basically two different classes of storage types: +File level storage:: + +File level based storage technologies allow access to a full featured (POSIX) +file system. They are in general more flexible than any Block level storage +(see below), and allow you to store content of any type. ZFS is probably the +most advanced system, and it has full support for snapshots and clones. + Block level storage:: Allows to store large 'raw' images. It is usually not possible to store other files (ISO, backups, ..) on such storage types. Most modern block level storage implementations support snapshots and clones. -RADOS, Sheepdog and DRBD are distributed systems, replicating storage +RADOS, Sheepdog and GlusterFS are distributed systems, replicating storage data to different nodes. -File level storage:: - -They allow access to a full featured (POSIX) file system. They are -more flexible, and allows you to store any content type. ZFS is -probably the most advanced system, and it has full support for -snapshots and clones. - .Available storage types [width="100%",cols="