directory storage qcow vmdk

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    [SOLVED] Live migration to directory should ask if I want to use raw or qcow2 images

    Hi, I am new to pve and pbs, so maybe I have not fully taken advantage of all the features available. I have 2 systems configured as a cluster. One server uses a thin provisioned LVM for VM disks and everything works fine. PBS can work with snapshot mode. The other server uses a directory for...
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    Why is the directory storage so bad?

    I've been using the LVM thin storage so far and every time I have to import a VM i have to convert the vmdk to qcow and then `dd` to the lvm volume. If I use a directory, I can directly run a vmdk and this saves me a lot of converting. Scratch that. Windows vmdks don't work, because of this...