topic Re: Static VHDs and DeDup in Microsoft Virtualization Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/Static-VHDs-and-DeDup/m-p/26454#M1195 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes it will. It works very well and will dedupe the non empty space also. </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:33:03 GMT cory_mckee 2010-10-05T16:33:03Z Static VHDs and DeDup https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/Static-VHDs-and-DeDup/m-p/26449#M1194 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; unicode-bidi: embed; DIRECTION: ltr">Untill now we have been using Dynamic Disks for our Hyper-V VHD files since space was precious and the performance hit wasn't so crucial to us. If we enable DeDup on our Hyper-V CSV LUNs, and switch over to using Static VHDs, would DeDup return the Null/Empty space created, essentially, giving us Static disks with a Dynamic cost?</P><P></P><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; unicode-bidi: embed; DIRECTION: ltr">Thanks,<BR />Reuvy</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:07:37 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/Static-VHDs-and-DeDup/m-p/26449#M1194 israelmmi 2025-06-05T07:07:37Z Re: Static VHDs and DeDup https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/Static-VHDs-and-DeDup/m-p/26454#M1195 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes it will. It works very well and will dedupe the non empty space also. </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:33:03 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/Static-VHDs-and-DeDup/m-p/26454#M1195 cory_mckee 2010-10-05T16:33:03Z