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Does a fixed size Virtual Machine file (vmdk, etc..) become fragemented?
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Mar 15, 20261820 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Just sort of remembered something from OS class about fragmentation and was wondering if anyone knows for sure whether a VM file is liable to become fragmented if you tell it what size the hard drive should be from the outset. I'm not asking whether the files in the VM can become fragmented, if the…
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The if you pre-allocate the entire space, instead of having a grows-as-needed volume, then there should not be any fragmentation. I don't know for certain, but I would think it would be wise to pre-allocate the entire space, and then defragment the …
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