XCP-ng Finally Supports Bigger Virtual Disks

https://lawrence.video/xcp-ng XCP-ng has finally the 2 TiB virtual disk cap. With the new QCOW2 beta, you can now create disks up to 16 TiB, take advantage of built-in compression, and get a more modern, flexible storage format. In this video, I’ll cover what’s changing under the hood, how to enable the beta. Blog post announcing the beta https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2022/06/02/understanding-the-storage-stack-in-xcp-ng/ Blog post covering storage history https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2022/06/02/understanding-the-storage-stack-in-xcp-ng/ Storage Design Video http://lawrence.video/storagedesign Connect With Us --------------------------------------------------- + Hire Us for a project: https://lawrencesystems.com/hire-us/ + Toms' Twitter 🐦 https://twitter.com/TomLawrenceTech + Our Website https://www.lawrencesystems.com/ + Our Forums https://forums.lawrencesystems.com/ + Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lawrencesystems/ + Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Lawrencesystems/ + GitHub https://github.com/lawrencesystems/ Lawrence Systems Shirts and Swag --------------------------------------------------- ►👕 https://lawrence.video/swag/ AFFILIATES & REFERRAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- Amazon Affiliate Store 🛒 https://www.amazon.com/shop/lawrencesystemspcpickup UniFi Affiliate Link 🛒 https://lawrence.video/unifi-affiliate All Of Our Affiliates help us out and can get you discounts! 🛒 https://lawrencesystems.com/partners-we-love/ Gear we use on Kit 🛒 https://kit.co/lawrencesystems Use OfferCode LTSERVICES to get 10% off your order at 🛒 https://www.techsupplydirect.com?aff=2 Digital Ocean Offer Code 🛒 https://m.do.co/c/85de8d181725 HostiFi UniFi Cloud Hosting Service 🛒 https://hostifi.net/?via=lawrencesystems Protect your privacy with a VPN from Private Internet Access 🛒 https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-vpn/LRNSYS Patreon 💰 https://www.patreon.com/lawrencesystems Chapters 00:00 XCP-ng Finally Supports Bigger Virtual Disks 01:25 Backup and Size Notes 02:03 How to test the beta 02:29 Expanding Drives and Converting an Existing VM 04:34 Storage Design Considerations