windows azure virtual machine hard drive full -

windows azure virtual machine hard drive full -

i have virtual machine running windows on microsoft windows azure. noticing 1 of hard drives shows full. these drives automatically expand info added, or need increment storage, , if so--how?

thanks tips.

in azure, both os disk , attached info disks fixed format vhds. not resized automatically and, in fact, there no supported process modify size. since these disks allocated using sparse storage - i.e., billed space used - general recommendation utilize 1tb disks. if disk empty not billed.

windows server 2012 provides trim back upwards clears space occupied in azure storage deleted files. without back upwards there still charge files have been deleted filesystem still occupy pages in page blob backing vhd in azure storage.

martin balliauw has written instructions modifying size of vhd in azure. has created utility helps task. comes @ own risk warning.

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