Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7 0/4] Add shrink image for qcow2

2017-09-18 Thread Pavel Butsykin
On 16.09.2017 17:56, Max Reitz wrote: On 2017-08-22 01:31, John Snow wrote: On 08/17/2017 05:15 AM, Pavel Butsykin wrote: This patch add shrinking of the image file for qcow2. As a result, this allows us to reduce the virtual image size and free up space on the disk without copying the image.

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7 0/4] Add shrink image for qcow2

2017-09-16 Thread Max Reitz
On 2017-08-22 01:31, John Snow wrote: > > > On 08/17/2017 05:15 AM, Pavel Butsykin wrote: >> This patch add shrinking of the image file for qcow2. As a result, this >> allows >> us to reduce the virtual image size and free up space on the disk without >> copying the image. Image can be fragmente

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7 0/4] Add shrink image for qcow2

2017-09-15 Thread Pavel Butsykin
On 17.08.2017 12:15, Pavel Butsykin wrote: This patch add shrinking of the image file for qcow2. As a result, this allows us to reduce the virtual image size and free up space on the disk without copying the image. Image can be fragmented and shrink is done by punching holes in the image file. #

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7 0/4] Add shrink image for qcow2

2017-08-22 Thread Max Reitz
On 2017-08-22 01:31, John Snow wrote: > > > On 08/17/2017 05:15 AM, Pavel Butsykin wrote: >> This patch add shrinking of the image file for qcow2. As a result, this >> allows >> us to reduce the virtual image size and free up space on the disk without >> copying the image. Image can be fragmente

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7 0/4] Add shrink image for qcow2

2017-08-21 Thread John Snow
On 08/17/2017 05:15 AM, Pavel Butsykin wrote: > This patch add shrinking of the image file for qcow2. As a result, this allows > us to reduce the virtual image size and free up space on the disk without > copying the image. Image can be fragmented and shrink is done by punching > holes > in the

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7 0/4] Add shrink image for qcow2

2017-08-17 Thread Pavel Butsykin
This patch add shrinking of the image file for qcow2. As a result, this allows us to reduce the virtual image size and free up space on the disk without copying the image. Image can be fragmented and shrink is done by punching holes in the image file. # ./qemu-img create -f qcow2 image.qcow2 4G Fo