VHD and VHDX virtual disks

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/VHD_and_VHDX_virtual_disks
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf virtual disk format
gptkbp:can_be_attached_to virtual machines
gptkbp:canBe differencing disks
dynamically expanding disks
fixed-size disks
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Microsoft
gptkbp:fileExtension .vhd
.vhdx
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label VHD and VHDX virtual disks
gptkbp:supports virtual machine storage
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Microsoft_Hyper-V
gptkbp:VHD_maximum_size 2 TB
gptkbp:VHD_stands_for gptkb:Virtual_Hard_Disk
gptkbp:VHD_supported_by gptkb:Windows_Server_2008
older and newer versions of Hyper-V
gptkbp:VHDX_introducedIn gptkb:Windows_Server_2012
gptkbp:VHDX_maximum_size 64 TB
gptkbp:VHDX_not_supported_by gptkb:Windows_Server_2008
older versions of Hyper-V
gptkbp:VHDX_stands_for Virtual Hard Disk v2
gptkbp:VHDX_supports improved performance
online resizing
metadata storage
custom metadata fields
4 KB logical sector size
larger block sizes
data corruption protection
larger disk size
protection against power failure
trim/UNMAP for reclaiming space
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:iSCSI_Target_Server
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7