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Clarify note on QCOW2 uploads

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Reworded paragraph on converting images to QCOW2 before upload, since
it might be faster to upload a smaller QCOW2 image instead of a RAW image.

Change-Id: I32fc57d2dda36c5d3c1f5d21aaaaa2a8044cd0a2
Closes-Bug: 1384011
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Scott Lowe 2014-11-04 21:38:16 +00:00
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<para>Support for snapshots</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
<para>Because qcow2 is sparse, it's often faster to convert a raw image to qcow2 and upload
it then to upload the raw file.</para>
<para>Because qcow2 is sparse, qcow2 images are typically smaller than raw images. Smaller images mean faster uploads, so it's often faster to convert a raw image to qcow2 for uploading instead of uploading the raw file directly.</para>
<para>
<note>
<para>Because raw images don't support snapshots, OpenStack Compute will