CIO

Hyper-V & Virtual PCs: How to Handle Virtual Disks

Choosing the right format for the right scenario is critical when it comes to performance and management of virtual hard disks (VHDs). We'll look at the pros and cons of the three methods -- fixed, ...
Virtualization Review

Expanding a VHDX Disk on Hyper-V

One of my absolute favorite features of Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V is the VHDX disk file format. This new virtual disk format goes up to 64 TB and is the answer to many storage challenges for ...
Ars Technica

Hyper-V HDDs--Use SCSI Passthrough or Mount VHDX?

I'm looking at a 5.5TB RAID enclosure that I need to connect to one of my VMs that's running Data Protection Manager. I can create it as a SCSI device and passthrough to the DPM VM or I can create a ...
Computerworld

Hyper-V & virtual PCs: How to handle virtual disks

Which virtual disk format (fixed, dynamic or pass-through) is the right choice for your environment? We've got answers and some great maintenance tips. Choosing the right format for the right scenario ...