Current size of dynamically allocated?

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Noitidart
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Current size of dynamically allocated?

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I have two. One is Ubuntu 14.04.1 and other is OS X 10.9, both I set to be dynamically allocated vdi. How can i see the current size of it?
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Re: Current size of dynamically allocated?

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Well, using the Windows Explorer would be a way to see the actual size of your dynamic vdi. Another way would be to use the Media Manager (Host-D).
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Noitidart
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Re: Current size of dynamically allocated?

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Thanks man! I went to settings ofund location of vdi file and used windows epxlorer.

OSX 10.9 is taking 11gb right now and ubuntu is taking 4gb does this sound right?
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Re: Current size of dynamically allocated?

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There isn't a "right" size for a virtual disk, it's just what the guest OS has written so far, and the .vdi file on your host that represents that virtual disk will eventually expand to the size you picked for the virtual disk when you created it, even if the guest OS has not filled up the disk in the guest yet.
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