Dear Sir/madam,
Specs of my HP probook 6570b:
CPU: Intel Core i5 3210M;
RAM: Kingston 16GB;
SSD1: Samsung SM843T 480GB (OS = Windows 8.1);
SSD2: Samsung SM843T 480GB (Data).
I have a question regarding VMware Workstation with templates and linked clones.
As you can see above I own two Samsung SSDs with a capacity of 480GB each. I want to have the best possible performance for the VMs (Server 2012, ESXi, vCenter with OPS, View, Linux, Server Core etc.). I have templates (sysprepped) of:
- Windows Server 2012;
- Server Core 2012;
- Windows 7 64-bit.
I have templates of these machines, because I use these OS's often. Now I know that it is very easy to create linked clones of VMs and that this takes much less space than full clones. Therefore I would like to know your recommendations for me in terms of how I should divide the templates and linked clones on both SSDs (regarding IOPS, reads, writes) and more importantly why I should do it that way. So that I can learn from this.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you in advance for your time and effort. Greatly appreciated!