http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/desktop/workstation?view=discussions Most recent forum messages en Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:07:30 GMT Clearspace 1.10.12 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-04-23T15:07:30Z en http://communities.vmware.com/message/1234029?tstart=0#1234029 <br /> I actually searched for quite some time, have not found anything related to compresed NTFS.<br /> <p /> Can you provide any links? Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:07:30 GMT marktb http://communities.vmware.com/message/1234029?tstart=0#1234029 2009-04-23T15:07:30Z 7 months, 3 days ago http://communities.vmware.com/message/1234001?tstart=0#1234001 <h1>NEVER use compressed NTFS to store vmdks <img src="!" alt="!" class="jive-image" /></h1> It may work for a while and then one day under heavy load - ... bang !<br /> <br /> Use search functions to find some posts about this phenomenon<br /> <p /> <p /> ___________________________________<br /> <br /> description of vmx-parameters: <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://sanbarrow.com/vmx.html">http://sanbarrow.com/vmx.html</a><br /> VMware-liveCD: <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://sanbarrow.com/moa.html">http://sanbarrow.com/moa.html</a> Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:51:54 GMT continuum http://communities.vmware.com/message/1234001?tstart=0#1234001 2009-04-23T14:51:54Z 7 months, 3 days ago 1 http://communities.vmware.com/message/1233795?tstart=0#1233795 <br /> Someone mentioned that they actually got a performance GAIN by NTFS compressing the folder that the virtual machine files are in (vmdk, vmx, etc.) on the host.<br /> <p /> Has anyone tried this? Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:49:14 GMT marktb http://communities.vmware.com/message/1233795?tstart=0#1233795 2009-04-23T11:49:14Z 7 months, 3 days ago 2