Converter Standalone supports disk-based cloning, volume-based cloning, and linked-cloning modes.
| Data Copy Types | Application | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Volume based | Copy volumes from the source machine to the destination machine. | Volume-based cloning is relatively slow. File-level cloning is slower than block-level cloning. Dynamic disks are converted into basic volumes on the target virtual machine. |
| Disk based | Create copies of the powered off source machines, for all types of basic and dynamic disks. | You cannot select which data to copy. Disk-based cloning is faster than volume-based cloning. |
| Linked clone | Use to quickly check compatibility of VMware images. | Linked cloning is the fastest (but incomplete) cloning mode that Converter Standalone supports. |
