Virtio Drives just for qemu file storage?

Virtio Drives just for qemu file storage?

[Periko Support]

Hi.

I want to install windows 2016 under Centos6 kvm host, but would like
to try virtio drivers.

I had seen some videos about, but most of them use the storage qcow2 type as HD.

Virtio just works for this type of storage?

In my case I have a LVM and went I want to create a VM just create a
lvm and done.

Can I use virtio drivers in my case?

qcow2 vs lvm advantages or disadvantages?

Thanks for your time guys!!!

Re: Virtio Drives just for qemu file storage?

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

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On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 06:26:07PM -0800, Periko Support wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I want to install windows 2016 under Centos6 kvm host, but would like
> to try virtio drivers.
> 
> I had seen some videos about, but most of them use the storage qcow2 type as HD.
> 
> Virtio just works for this type of storage?
> 
> In my case I have a LVM and went I want to create a VM just create a
> lvm and done.
> 
> Can I use virtio drivers in my case?

Yes, you can.  When using LVM you can set the libvirt/QEMU image file
format to 'raw'.

Stefan

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