WHS 2011 ISO with Config File to enable installation on a smaller disk

[+Fahim S. MVC]

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.

[+Fahim S. MVC]

Nevermind, did this yesterday using this guide.

If anyone is interested in the ISO, contact me.

[+BudMan MVC]

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.

[+Fahim S. MVC]

Never confident about thin provisioning at all. I always thick provision.

It's just me....

[+BudMan MVC]

I always thin, no reason to waste space on the data storage. Especially if its ssd. Have never seen any issues at all.

[sc302 Veteran]

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.

[+BudMan MVC]

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.

[binaryzero]

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.