On 5/19/2011 5:21 PM, Alexey Eromenko wrote: > > VirtualBox has several layer. > > Once you create snapshot, previous layer becomes read-only. > 1.Base image (normal VDI) (read-write) -- just like physical hard disk. > > 2. You create first snapshot. Base image becomes read-only. > Base image (normal VDI) (read-only) > +-- Snapshot 1 (read-write) > > 3. You create another snapshot -- all previous layers become read-only. > Base image (normal VDI) (read-only) > +-- Snapshot 1 (read-only) > +---- Snapshot 2 (read-write) > > Write is performed only against latest layer, and only once.
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