Am 29.08.2012 09:49, schrieb Invisible:
>>>> Or if it's a base for multiple linked clones where you started from a
>>>> common base, but the clones are different.
>>>
>>> Then wouldn't each clone have its own local cloned disk image?
>>
>> Virtual Box is pretty smart when it comes to saving disk space: When you
>> clone a disk image, it "freezes" the original disk's state into a save
>> point, and the clone will actually be a reference to that save point
>> plus a delta tracking any changes.
>
> Isn't this how /all/ VM products work?

Don't know; if that's the case, how come you didn't seem to know about 
that concept?

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