What is the difference between .qcow and .tar.xz?
- Extension
- .qcow
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- QEMU
- Tukaani
- 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.
- File created using Tar archive and XZ compression tools; contains a .TAR archive that has been compressed using .XZ compression, which compresses at a high ratio.
- MIME Type
- application/x-qemu-disk
- application/x-xz-compressed-tar
- Sample
- sample.tar.xz
- Wikipedia
- .qcow on Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia