Virtual Storage on Virtual BOX
Virtual Storage on Virtual BOX
why when I create a virtual disk (fixed size) my Mac storage decreases. For example. I created 50 GB to allocate the windows 10. Once I created the virtual Hard Disk The storage on my Mac decreased from 263 GB to 213! Shouldn't it increase instead?
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Re: Virtual Storage on Virtual BOX
vini wrote:create a [50GB] virtual disk (fixed size)
263 - 213 = 50vini wrote:storage on my Mac decreased from 263 GB to 213GB
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The "disk" for the VM is a file on the host computer's drive. A 'fixed' disk file pre-allocates to its full size at the beginning. A 'dynamic' disk file starts off small and gets bigger, up to the final size, as data is stored in it. Dynamic is recommended under almost all circumstances.
This will never happen. Like all files stored on the host drive, the disk file will take up usable space on the host drive. Fixed takes it all at once, dynamic takes it over time. But host disk space will decrease.vini wrote:Shouldn't it increase instead?