The type of a virtual disk.
| value | description |
|---|---|
| UNKNOWN | The disk type is unknown. |
| FLAT | The disk file is preallocated. |
| SPARSE | The disk file grows as needed. |
| RDM | The disk file is backed by a full physical disk drive (raw disk format). |
| FLOPPY | The disk is a floppy disk. |
| CDROM | The disk is a CD-ROM. |
| GENERAL_PURPOSE_SSD | A common SSD disk. |
| PROVISIONED_IOPS_SSD | A provisioned IOPS SSD disk. |
| MAGNETIC | A regular magnetic disk. |
| SE_SPARSE | Disk file grows as needed, unused space can be reclaimed |
| THROUGHPUT_OPTIMIZED_HDD | A throughput optimized HDD disk. |
| COLD_HDD | A low cost HDD disk. |
| HDD | A general purpose hard disk. |
| SSD | A solid state disk. |
| GENERAL_PURPOSE_AURORA | Disk type used only by Amazon Aurora RDS. |
| OPTIMIZED_AURORA | IO optimized disk type for Amazon Aurora RDS. |
| STANDARD_PERSISTENT | For GCP only, standard persistent disk |
| SSD_PERSISTENT | For GCP only, SSD persistent disk |
| SSD_LOCAL | For GCP only, SSD local disk |
| TEMPLATE_DISK | For ARM public templates |