May 04 2021 01:02 AM
I still have hopes. The dynamic VHDX container is so useful however it has a big downfall as it cannot shrink.
Adding data into a dynamic VHDX keeps it expanding in size even if you delete data from it.
This often gives ridiculous results when there is a 500 GB VHDX container containing only serverl GBs of data.
I know that shrinking is possible with an awkward procedure of taking the VHDX offline, defragment it, null free space (with external tool as Windows cannot do that) and then use a Poweshell command and hope the size gets reduced.
But we have 2021 now and there should be a way of self-shrinking dynamic VHDX that never occupis more space than data in it requires. And if data is reduced, it shrinks without any required interation.
Otherwise this 'dynamic' VHDX is just a sad joke.
May 05 2021 12:36 PM