[virt-tools-list] [virt-manager] [PATCH] cli: --disk: Add driver.metadata_cache options
Cole Robinson
crobinso at redhat.com
Wed Aug 17 14:13:15 UTC 2022
On 8/16/22 12:59 AM, Lin Ma wrote:
> Properly setting the metadata cache size can provide better performance
> in case of using big qcow2 images.
>
> This patch introduces two driver options:
> * driver.metadata_cache.max_size
> * driver.metadata_cache.max_size.unit
>
> E.g. --disk ...,driver.type=qcow2,\
> driver.metadata_cache.max_size=2,\
> driver.metadata_cache.max_size.unit=MiB
>
> BTW, Metadata cache size control is currently supported only for qcow2.
> Regarding how to properly caluclate the cache size of qcow2, Please refer
> to qemu's documentation.
>
Thanks, pushed now.
- Cole
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