the VM or CT data which includes the VM/CT configuration files.
KVM live backup works for all storage types including VM images on
-NFS, CIFS, iSCSI LUN, Ceph RBD or Sheepdog. The new backup format is
-optimized for storing VM backups fast and effective (sparse files, out
-of order data, minimized I/O).
+NFS, CIFS, iSCSI LUN, Ceph RBD. The new backup format is optimized for storing
+VM backups fast and effective (sparse files, out of order data, minimized I/O).
High Availability Cluster
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 GlusterFS are distributed systems, replicating storage
+RADOS and GlusterFS are distributed systems, replicating storage
data to different nodes.
|iSCSI/kernel |iscsi |block |yes |no |yes
|iSCSI/libiscsi |iscsidirect |block |yes |no |yes
|Ceph/RBD |rbd |block |yes |yes |yes
-|Sheepdog |sheepdog |block |yes |yes |beta
|ZFS over iSCSI |zfs |block |yes |yes |yes
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