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Virtualization and disk allocation for virtual machines

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Feb 4, 2026

how much space should be allotted for a virtual machine to hold a Linux program on a hard drive.

A safe, practical allocation to run a typical Linux distribution inside a is with a dynamically allocated virtual disk so the file only grows as needed; minimal desktop installs can fit in 8–10 GB but...

Feb 2, 2026

What practical techniques do investigators use to capture RAM contents from remote or cloud-hosted servers?

Investigators from remote or cloud-hosted servers by three practical means: in‑guest memory acquisition (running forensic tools or agents inside the VM), host/hypervisor‑level snapshotting (exporting ...