You do it at the file system layer. Clone the template which creates only metadata referencing the original blocks then you perform copy-on-write as needed.
VMware allows linked clones which you can do when deploying from template
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Fusion/13/com.vmware.fusio...
But that is exactly what the storage array is doing. What is the advantage?
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