Fast File Clone/Native Snapshot Support
Fast File Clone enables the creation of virtual machine snapshots to be offloaded to an NAS storage array.
This is a primitive that forms the basis of VMware View Composer™ Array Integration (VCAI), which was released
as a technical preview in VMware View™ 5.1. VMware View Composer can elect to have desktops based on linked
clones created directly by the storage array rather than by using ESXi host CPU and memory resources
for the same task. In vSphere 5.1, this primitive has been extended to VMware vCloud® vApps™, whereby
VMware vCloud Director™ can elect to have vCloud vApps based on linked clones instantiated by the storage
array rather than the ESXi host.