zvol vs plain file for VMs

[Ashish SHUKLA]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:59:32 +0100, Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass at gmx.com> said:
| Hi,

| I have to convert a mail server to a VM and I don't know what kind of
| storage to use, a plain file or a zvol?

| Are there any pros in using ZVOLs instead of plain files?

| Thanks, Nikos

I don't use FreeBSD for VMs, but theoretically plain file will have filesystem
overhead which ZVOL won't.

HTH
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