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2 Replies Last post: Apr 23, 2009 8:07 AM by marktb  

NTFS Compress Virtual Machine on host - performance gain? posted: Apr 23, 2009 4:49 AM

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marktb
8 posts since
May 10, 2007

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.

Has anyone tried this?

Tags: compress, performance

Re: NTFS Compress Virtual Machine on host - performance gain?

1. Apr 23, 2009 7:51 AM in response to: marktb
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continuum
12,616 posts since
Dec 18, 2003

NEVER use compressed NTFS to store vmdks !

It may work for a while and then one day under heavy load - ... bang !

Use search functions to find some posts about this phenomenon

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Re: NTFS Compress Virtual Machine on host - performance gain?

2. Apr 23, 2009 8:07 AM in response to: continuum
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marktb
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May 10, 2007

I actually searched for quite some time, have not found anything related to compresed NTFS.

Can you provide any links?

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