Using Differencing Disks with Hyper-V VDI
When using virtual desktop pools with Microsoft VDI, a single desktop image is shared among many users. Pooled desktop images are used for a predetermined time, which is usually the life of their session. After their predetermined time, usage of the image is over, and the disk image is restored back to its original state and any changes during the session are erased. That is, unless you use differencing disks. However, there are pros and cons to using differencing disks:
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Differencing VHD *note: dynamic disks face many of the same performance issues that differencing disks face |
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