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Look for high await (anything >20ms indicates a problem) or %util near 100%. To minimize copy-on-write overhead for Windows, use metadata preallocation :

| Feature | Benefit for Windows Workloads | |--------|--------------------------------| | | Quickly roll back Windows Updates or driver installs. | | Thin Provisioning | Allocate 100GB virtual space but only use actual disk blocks. | | Compression | Reduce storage footprint for idle Windows VMs. | | Encryption (LUKS + Qcow2) | Secure sensitive Windows data at rest. | | Backup Efficiency | Use qemu-img for incremental backups without agent software. | windows+xpqcow2+top

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