Implementing VMware Horizon 7 - Second Edition

Advantages of linked or Instant Clone desktops

Linked clone and Instant Clone desktops have a number of advantages over full clone desktops. Some of these advantages include:

• Linked clone and Instant Clone desktops share the same parent virtual disk for read operations, therefore the amount of disk space they require is greatly reduced.
• Linked clone desktops can be recomposed, which is a process where their replica disks are replaced with an updated version that has software updates or other changes applied. Rather than apply updates to individual desktops, you can update the master image once, and then use a recompose operation to update the replica disks, which applies those changes to the entire desktop pool.
  • Instant Clone desktops support a similar ...