That depends on how much space is available on the volume/disks that are
storing this file, and how many other domUs are running there. If there are
many other domUs, or if this comes close to filling up your entire physical
disk/array, this may not be a good idea, because you may overallocate your disk
space and end up filling up the disk.
-Nick
>>> On 2010年06月02日 at 09:34, Paras pradhan <pradhanparas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Normally I use tap:aio with sparse img files to create a domUs. I need to
> add a 1TB image to one domU and expecting that it would be almost 100% full
> before I extend it to 1.5TB. In this case is it safe to use sparse files?
>
> Thanks!
> Paras.
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