What is the difference between .qcow and .tar.gz?
- Extension
- .qcow
- .tar.gz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- QEMU
- The GNU Project
- Description
- Qcow is a disk image file format used by the QEMU virtual machine software. It is a copy-on-write format that allows users to take snapshots of a virtual machine and save them to a file. Qcow files can be used to store operating systems, applications, and data, and they are compressed and support encryption.
- It's a TAR archive file compressed using GNU zip compression codec. Mainly used by Linux OS to package programs, files, and installers.
- MIME Type
- application/x-qemu-disk
- application/gzip
- Sample
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .qcow on Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia