QCOW2 is the native storage format for the QEMU (Quick Emulator) hypervisor. Its key features include:
qemu-img create -f qcow2 windows_xp.qcow2 10G windows xpqcow2
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go defrag my Qcow2 file. (Just kidding. That’s the host’s job.) QCOW2 is the native storage format for the
A 10GB virtual drive only takes up as much space on your physical disk as the data actually inside it. Snapshots: windows xpqcow2
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