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6.
In the New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard, create a new virtual hard disk.
a.
On the Before You Begin page, click Next.
Note
If you are using the Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 Hypervisor, you will be prompted to choose
a disk format (VHD or VHDX).
b.
On the Choose Disk Type page, choose Fixed size, and then click Next.
When you use fixed-size provisioning, the disk storage is allocated immediately, resulting in
better performance. If you don’t use fixed-size provisioning, the storage is allocated on demand.
On-demand allocation can affect the functioning of AWS Storage Gateway. For AWS Storage
Gateway to function properly, the VM disks must be stored in fixed-size provisioned format.
c.
On the Specify Name and Location page, specify a name and location for the virtual hard disk.
i.
Specify UploadBuffer.vhd as the name.
ii.
Specify the location as c$\getting-started\gateway.
Note
In this example setup, you store the virtual disk with the virtual machine. For
real-world workloads, we strongly recommend that you not provision local disks
using the same underlying physical storage disk. Depending on your hosting
environment, performance, and portability requirements, consider selecting a
different physical disk in this step.
iii.
Click Next.
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