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VM disks - Virtual vs Physical?

edited Jun 16, 2020 3:46AM in Oracle VM (OVM) (MOSC) 2 commentsAnswered ✓

Hi all,

Hope you all are fantastic mainly during this "pandemic season".

From times to times this discussion pops up among colleagues. What are the advantages and disadvantages of adding physical disks to VMs instead of virtual disks (which I think we can assume as the standard)? I've searched here and there and found nothing related with such subject...

Personally I don't see any advantage on adding physical disks to a VM while on the other hand, by adding virtual disks (in the impossibility of extend the virtual disk(s) already existing), I see it as more feasible and transparent. For what I've experiencing, with virtual disks you can (correct if I'm wrong please):

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