diff --git a/pve-storage-lvm.adoc b/pve-storage-lvm.adoc index 6928330..c508fe1 100644 --- a/pve-storage-lvm.adoc +++ b/pve-storage-lvm.adoc @@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ snapshot's name and starts a new volume backed by the snapshot. + A volume based on a snapshot references its parent snapshot volume as its backing volume and records only the differences to that backing volume. -Snapshot volumes are currently thick-provisioned LVM logical volumes, but the -underlying block storage may provide thin provisioning. +Snapshot volumes are currently thick-provisioned LVM logical volumes. + This design avoids issues with native LVM snapshots, such as significant input/output (I/O) penalties and unexpected, dangerous behavior when running out @@ -74,6 +73,11 @@ functionality. The snapshot functionality is managed by the PVE storage system. + Enabling or disabling this flag only affects newly created virtual disk volumes. ++ +For efficient support of `snapshot-as-volume-chain`, the backing storage must +support thin-provisioning and discard. Each snapshot will appear to use the +full volume size on the PVE side, but the actual space usage on the underlying +storage will be smaller if those requirements are met. .Configuration Example (`/etc/pve/storage.cfg`) ----