Need advice on local storage+ qcow2

[Nousfeed]

I have a single host that I want to run about 4 VM's on, I currently have 4 drives, One has proxmox on it.
Whats the best way to go about getting local storage that supports qcow2 VM's for live snapshots.

I tried the http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage_Model#Directory with lvm but it only lets me create raw images. I can create qcow2 VM's on the local disk that proxmox is installed on. should I be adding the other drives as directories?

Thanks in advance.

 

[wahmed]

Proxmox is already installed on LVM local storage. If you are planning to keep single node setup for quite sometime, just extend the /dev/pve/data LVM over to your other hdd to create a big partition then store all your vm on there.

 

[Nousfeed]

Thanks for the reply
I will be adding a second node at some point but at the moment this is just for server consolidation, getting rid of aging hardware. One of the machines ill be converting to a VM will be reused as a second node as its less than 2 years old.

Is there a reason that the default LVM local storage is handled differently than a second one I create? I would prefer a separate array for VM's to sit on. But if its not possible then so be it.
Is this what you are talking about
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Extending_Local_Container_Storage

Regards