vmdk files
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Once several virtual machines are cloned by using the FileSnap feature, the cloned
virtual machines are subjected to operating system and security patches over
their lifetime. As individual virtual machines cloned from a common source - the
golden image - deviate from the source as a result of such activity, there is large
amount of common content between them. Over time, this results in the loss of
the initial storage savings. Deduplication of the new blocks added to these files
restores the storage savings. |