+Fahim S. MVC Posted December 14, 2014 MVC Share Posted December 14, 2014 I have a WHS 2011 license, but want to install it into a VM with way less than the default requirement of 160GB storage. I know this can be done using a config file, but was wondering if there is a pre-made ISO that I can download (because I am lazy). Any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fahim S. MVC Posted December 15, 2014 Author MVC Share Posted December 15, 2014 Nevermind, did this yesterday using this guide. If anyone is interested in the ISO, contact me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted December 15, 2014 MVC Share Posted December 15, 2014 Curious - if your installing to a virtual disk, why not just make it thin provisioned, you could give it 100TB that way but it would only use what it actually needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fahim S. MVC Posted December 15, 2014 Author MVC Share Posted December 15, 2014 Never confident about thin provisioning at all. I always thick provision. It's just me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted December 15, 2014 MVC Share Posted December 15, 2014 I always thin, no reason to waste space on the data storage. Especially if its ssd. Have never seen any issues at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted December 15, 2014 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2014 The only time I ever consider thick provisioning is when I have a database that is going to be hit by multiple people...I like to think that this would help keep the fragmentation down to a minimum on the physical drive. On a ssd who cares, thick or thin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted December 15, 2014 MVC Share Posted December 15, 2014 yeah on ssd, I don't see the point of locking space to a specific vm. If its not going to be using it actively, etc. I am short on space so thin allows me to overprovision, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Never confident about thin provisioning at all. I always thick provision. It's just me.... It's actually best practice to thin provision, not sure why you're against it. Much more flexibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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