diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc index b3fbe76..cdd2829 100644 --- a/qm.adoc +++ b/qm.adoc @@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ _VirtIO SCSI single_ which will allow you to select the *IO Thread* option. When selecting _VirtIO SCSI single_ Qemu will create a new controller for each disk, instead of adding all disks to the same controller. -* The *Virtio* controller, also called virtio-blk to distinguish from -the VirtIO SCSI controller, is an older type of paravirtualized controller -which has been superseded in features by the Virtio SCSI Controller. +* The *VirtIO Block* controller, often just called VirtIO or virtio-blk, +is an older type of paravirtualized controller. It has been superseded by the +VirtIO SCSI Controller, in terms of features. [thumbnail="gui-create-vm-hard-disk.png"] On each controller you attach a number of emulated hard disks, which are backed @@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ either the *raw disk image format* or the *QEMU image format*. thin provisioning of the disk image. * the *raw disk image* is a bit-to-bit image of a hard disk, similar to what you would get when executing the `dd` command on a block device in Linux. This - format do not support thin provisioning or snapshotting by itself, requiring - cooperation from the storage layer for these tasks. It is however 10% faster - than the *QEMU image format*. footnote:[See this benchmark for details + format do not support thin provisioning or snapshots by itself, requiring + cooperation from the storage layer for these tasks. It may, however, be up to + 10% faster than the *QEMU image format*. footnote:[See this benchmark for details http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/CloudOpen2013_Khoa_Huynh_v3.pdf] * the *VMware image format* only makes sense if you intend to import/export the disk image to other hypervisors.