[NCARC] virtual operating system/s

[Jeremy Turner]

Hi Kerry, 

Typically, the hypervisor (VMWare, VirtualBox, Parallels, etc) will use your virtual hard disk as a local file in the host OS. You can split it up into multiple files if you want a virtual hard drive that is large. Also, you can thinly provision, which means you tell the guest OS that you have a 40 GB virtual hard drive, but it will only use 20 GB on the host system if that's all you are using. It will automatically grow until you hit 40 GB. 

If you need to increase from 40 GB to 60 GB, the hypervisor software will provide a way to grow the hard drive. You might need to configure the guest OS to see the new space.

Hope that helps,

Jeremy / KO6RM 

> On Jun 5, 2017, at 11:41, Kerry Miller <n0wiq at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello Group,
> 
> I am pondering the installation of a virtual operating system and my question is:  How do you manage the mass storage in the computer.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Kerry N0WIQ
> 
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