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Disk formatURITechnical ReferenceDescription

RAW

http://raw/

 Device disk format

VMDK_STREAM_OPTIMIZED

http://www.vmware.com/technical-resources/interfaces/vmdk_access.html#streamOptimized

vmdk_50_technote.pdf
see Stream-Optimized p11		VMware stream optimized format

VMDK_FLAT

http://www.vmware.com/technical-resources/interfaces/vmdk_access.html#monolithic_flat

vmdk_50_technote.pdf
see Simple Extents p5		VMware fixed disk

VMDK_SPARSE

http://www.vmware.com/technical-resources/interfaces/vmdk_access.html#monolithic_sparse

vmdk_50_technote.pdf 
see Hosted Sparse Extents p6
/ ESXi Host Sparse Extents on p9		VMware sparse disk

VHD_FLAT

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualserver/bb676673.aspx#monolithic_flat

VHD specification Word file
see Fixed Hard Disk Image p3		VHD fixed disk

VHD_SPARSE

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualserver/bb676673.aspx#monolithic_sparse

see Dynamic Hard Disk Image p3
VHD sparse disk
VHDX_FLAT http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831446.aspx#monolithic_flat  VHDX fixed disk
VHDX_SPARSE http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831446.aspx#monolithic_sparse  VHDX sparse disk

VDI_FLAT

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8046#monolithic_flat

 VDI fixed disk

VDI_SPARSE

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8046#monolithic_sparse

 VDI sparse disk

QCOW2_FLAT

http://people.gnome.org/~markmc/qcow-image-format.html#monolithic_flat

 QCOW2 fixed disk

QCOW2_SPARSE

http://people.gnome.org/~markmc/qcow-image-format.html#monolithic_sparse

 QCOW2 sparse disk
AMI http://amiprotocol.sourceforge.net/ami-specif.html#1.9.2.user.xml  AMI
DOCKER_IMAGE https://docs.docker.com/terms/image/  Docker image
ISOhttp://iso ISO format

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Abiquo supports ISO disks, which may be bootable installation disks (added to templates) or data disks (added to VMs). See: