Thin/Thick Provisioning
Any expert out there to explain the difference between thin and thick provisionning disk.
If I understand when creating a new VM , a disk size is allocated. for instance if 5GB is allocated what would be the effect of making the disk thin or thick provisionning?
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If I understand when creating a new VM , a disk size is allocated. for instance if 5GB is allocated what would be the effect of making the disk thin or thick provisionning?
thanks
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OK ....
IF I allocate 5GB THICK, means 5GB is all taken by that VM machine.?
IF I allocate 5GB THIN but only 3 have been used , means the unused space still can be allocated to another VM Machine ?
is that the difference ?
IF I allocate 5GB THICK, means 5GB is all taken by that VM machine.?
IF I allocate 5GB THIN but only 3 have been used , means the unused space still can be allocated to another VM Machine ?
is that the difference ?
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When monitored by Alarms, Thin is helpful in case we cannot make an assumption how much disk size we need for a certain VM.
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Thin:
if 5GB is allocated , then as long as the files are written to disk , the used space is growing up to 5GB.
a- what about the unused space before the 5GB are used up ? Does that mean if I have written 3GB out of the existing 5GB, then from the 2GB left I can create another Virtual disk?
b- what if the 5GB are used up does it automatically allocate more space?
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