Github user serg38 commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/1602 @syed. On Vmware using link cloned was a default behavior. The primary use cases are: - storage saving if underlying arrays don't support deduplication - speed of the deployment if underlying arrays don't leverage VAAI or vStorage API to speed up cloning of the base templates
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