From: Erik Fastermann <e.fastermann@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Cc: Erik Fastermann <e.fastermann@proxmox.com>
Subject: [PATCH pve-docs 3/3] partially fix #1989: qm: document qcow2 cache size config
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 17:35:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260605153512.265703-4-e.fastermann@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260605153512.265703-1-e.fastermann@proxmox.com>
Add a new subsection to document the new qcow2 cache config options.
Signed-off-by: Erik Fastermann <e.fastermann@proxmox.com>
---
qm.adoc | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
index e6b7918..2f1e7d4 100644
--- a/qm.adoc
+++ b/qm.adoc
@@ -341,6 +341,16 @@ underlying storage. Another benefit is reduced latency (hangs) in the guest for
very I/O-intensive host workloads, since neither the main thread nor a vCPU
thread can be blocked by disk I/O.
+[[qm_hard_disk_qcow2_cache]]
+Cache Size (qcow2)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Fine-tuning the qcow2 L2/refcount cache behavior can provide significant
+performance gains. See the
+https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/blob/master/docs/qcow2-cache.txt[QEMU documentation]
+for a detailed explanation of these options. You can either configure the cache
+size directly or let Proxmox VE automatically choose a cache size based on the
+disk image size. All other options can be managed with the API.
+
[[qm_cpu]]
CPU
~~~
--
2.47.3
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-05 15:35 [PATCH docs/manager/qemu-server 0/3] partially fix #1989: add QEMU qcow2 cache options Erik Fastermann
2026-06-05 15:35 ` [PATCH qemu-server 1/3] partially fix #1989: disk: add " Erik Fastermann
2026-06-05 15:35 ` [PATCH pve-manager 2/3] partially fix #1989: ui: qemu: disk: add qcow2 cache size config Erik Fastermann
2026-06-05 15:35 ` Erik Fastermann [this message]
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