May 2014
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
13h 30m
English
This chapter covers the following subjects:
Virtual Disk Format Types—Three types of virtual disks are available to virtual machines. The Lazy-Zeroed Thick Virtual Disk is the default format; Eager-Zeroed Thick Virtual Disk zeros and formats all of its blocks at creation; and Thin Virtual Disk does not preallocate capacity when it is created.
Complex Storage Solutions—With complexity and different storage requirements, there is a need for specialized solutions. Several sections help to solve different needs. As an example, ...