What is the difference between .vmdk and .tar.7z?
- Extension
- .vmdk
- .tar.7z
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Disk Image
- Compressed
- Developer
- VMware
- Igor Pavlov
- Description
- VMDK files make up a virtual disk. The size of the virtuals disk determines the number of the vmdk files in it.
- This format works based on the LZMA principle compression algorithm. It was originally used in 7-Zip archives. tar.7z archives were created for storing info about file owners and for ease of use in Unix systems, based on a TAR archiving tool.
- MIME Type
- application/x-vmdk
- application/x-7z-compressed
- Wikipedia
- .vmdk on Wikipedia
- .tar.7z on Wikipedia