Rapid Build for Testing Containers

Containers are everywhere and I’m, personally, behind the times.  I’d like to think that I’ve kept up with new technology trends, but on containers I was caught napping.  So now it’s time to really get cracking and for that I need to have a playground.  There are several online options available, but I’m cheap, so … Read more

Converting Linux VHD’s to VHDx

Virtual Hard Drives are the nuts and bolts of Virtualized Servers.  This includes Linux Servers, but converting the hard drives provided some interesting findings.

After reading a bunch of the Microsoft documents about running Hyper-V for performance, there’s a big push to move all machines From Generation 1 to Generation 2 and Hard Drives to the VHDX Format.

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