From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 22:37:04 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <15f7b46d12f6e7300770064ef67547d7@brasstown.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: <4E87CC5A.1090006@gmail.com> References: <7828850E-D4E3-4621-B425-98423B95E1C4@cs.utwente.nl> <4E87B1D1.9020603@gmail.com> <906e80d587e99006633899b8d56be210@brasstown.quanstro.net> <4E87CC5A.1090006@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] OT: how do 9fans backup their Mac(book)? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2f030610-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > You are right that cloning disk *images* is an essential part of > using/managing VM's. > Don't conflate that with cloning physical disks. why not? this reminds me of the mem "$x ... with a computer". i think we've gotten to the point where we keep hearing "$x ... with v12n". and why make such a big distinction between das and nas. it's all block storage. depending on exactly where your bits are stored seems so vms-y. - erik