Merge "[config-ref] update 'raw' to 'flat' image back end"
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@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ Backing Storage is the storage used to provide the expanded operating system
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image, and any ephemeral storage. Inside the virtual machine, this is normally
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presented as two virtual hard disks (for example, ``/dev/vda`` and ``/dev/vdb``
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respectively). However, inside OpenStack, this can be derived from one of
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these methods: ``lvm``, ``qcow``, ``rbd`` or ``raw``, chosen using the
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these methods: ``lvm``, ``qcow``, ``rbd`` or ``flat``, chosen using the
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``images_type`` option in ``nova.conf`` on the compute node.
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QCOW is the default backing store. It uses a copy-on-write philosophy to delay
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@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ allocation of storage until it is actually needed. This means that the space
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required for the backing of an image can be significantly less on the real disk
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than what seems available in the virtual machine operating system.
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RAW creates files without any sort of file formatting, effectively creating
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Flat creates files without any sort of file formatting, effectively creating
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files with the plain binary one would normally see on a real disk. This can
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increase performance, but means that the entire size of the virtual disk is
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reserved on the physical disk.
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@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Use the following as a guideline for configuring Xen for use in OpenStack:
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The default for virtualization mode in nova is PV mode.
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#. **Image formats**: Xen supports raw, qcow2 and vhd image formats.
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#. **Image formats**: Xen supports flat, qcow2 and vhd image formats.
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For more information on image formats, refer to the `OpenStack Virtual
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Image Guide <https://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/introduction.html>`__
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and the `Storage Options Guide on the Xen Project Wiki
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