Windows Subsystem For Linux Can Now Run On Very Large Servers, Experimental Sparse VHD
Windows Subsystem For Linux Can Now Run On Very Large Servers, Experimental Sparse VHD Written by Michael Larabel in Microsoft on 6 October 2026 at 06:05 AM EDT. Add A Comment Microsoft yesterday released WSL 3.0.2 as their latest WSL update since last week's WSL3 release with "WSLC" for promoting Linux containers on Windows to general availability. Some notable changes in WSL 3.0.2 include automatic virtual NUMA support and experimental support for sparse VHD storage.
- ▪Windows Subsystem For Linux Can Now Run On Very Large Servers, Experimental Sparse VHD Written by Michael Larabel in Microsoft on 6 October 2026 at 06:05 AM EDT.
- ▪Add A Comment Microsoft yesterday released WSL 3.0.2 as their latest WSL update since last week's WSL3 release with "WSLC" for promoting Linux containers on Windows to general availability.
- ▪Some notable changes in WSL 3.0.2 include automatic virtual NUMA support and experimental support for sparse VHD storage.
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Windows Subsystem For Linux Can Now Run On Very Large Servers, Experimental Sparse VHD Written by Michael Larabel in Microsoft on 6 October 2026 at 06:05 AM EDT. Add A Comment Microsoft yesterday released WSL 3.0.2 as their latest WSL update since last week's WSL3 release with "WSLC" for promoting Linux containers on Windows to general availability. Some notable changes in WSL 3.0.2 include automatic virtual NUMA support and experimental support for sparse VHD storage. WSL 3.0.2 introduces automatic virtual NUMA support for large WSL VMs. This came following a bug report from an Intel engineer that noted WSL was failing to launch on a host with more than 256 threads. With this automatic vNUMA handling, Windows Subsystem for Linux should now work out nicely on multi-socket servers.
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