What is the difference between .qcow2 and .tar.xz?
- Extension
- .qcow2
- .tar.xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- QEMU
- Tukaani
- Description
- It is a disk image file format for the QEMU processor emulator.
- 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
- .qcow2 on Wikipedia
- .tar.xz on Wikipedia