Hello, From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> Subject: Re: delvm does not reduce the qcow2 file size Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:54:46 +0200
> >> QEMU should also convert the unused clusters to "holes" in the file > >> system, but it doesn't do that yet. > > > > I hope a qcow2 file is reduced automatically when a snapshot is deleted. > > Yes, that's part of the plan. The file would not reduce its size, but > the space would still be given back to the filesystem. Do you plan to use a space file system? Is it difficult to reduce a qcow2 file when a snapshot is deleted? ------ suzaki
