diff --git a/ansible/roles/vm_deploy/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/vm_deploy/defaults/main.yml
index e7290f5..22d42af 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/vm_deploy/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/vm_deploy/defaults/main.yml
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ vm_subnet_suffix: "/24"
 vm_gateway: "192.168.199.254"
 vm_domain: "balsillie.net"
 vm_machine_type: "pc-q35-7.1"
-vm_machine_arch: "x86_64"
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+vm_machine_arch: "x86_64"
+containers_vhd_size: "64G"
+data_nvme_vhd_size: "64G"
+data_hdd_vhd_size: "3T"
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/vm_deploy/tasks/deploy.yaml b/ansible/roles/vm_deploy/tasks/deploy.yaml
index aac4e3c..b009f7a 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/vm_deploy/tasks/deploy.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/vm_deploy/tasks/deploy.yaml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
     when: root_vhd_created is changed
     ansible.builtin.shell:
       cmd: |
-        virt-customize -a {{ root_vhd_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}_vda.qcow2 \
-        --format qcow2 \
+        virt-customize --format qcow2 \
+        -a {{ root_vhd_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}_vda.qcow2 \
         --hostname {{ vm_name }}.{{ vm_domain }} \
         --copy-in /tmp/eno1_{{ vm_name }}.network:/etc/systemd/network/10-eno1.network \
         --append-line "/etc/hosts:127.0.1.1 {{ vm_name }}.{{ vm_domain }} {{ vm_name }}"
@@ -55,19 +55,19 @@
   - name: create container storage vhd
     ansible.builtin.shell:
       cmd: |
-        qemu-img create -f qcow2 {{ containers_vhd_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}_vdb.qcow2 64G
+        qemu-img create -f qcow2 {{ containers_vhd_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}_vdb.qcow2 {{ containers_vhd_size }}
       creates: "{{ containers_vhd_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}_vdb.qcow2"
 
   - name: create nvme data storage vhd
     ansible.builtin.shell:
       cmd: |
-        qemu-img create -f qcow2 {{ data_nvme_vhd_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}_vdc.qcow2 64G
+        qemu-img create -f qcow2 {{ data_nvme_vhd_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}_vdc.qcow2 {{ data_nvme_vhd_size }}
       creates: "{{ data_nvme_vhd_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}_vdc.qcow2"
 
   - name: create hdd data storage vhd
     ansible.builtin.shell:
       cmd: |
-        qemu-img create -f qcow2 {{ data_hdd_vhd_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}_vdd.qcow2 4T
+        qemu-img create -f qcow2 {{ data_hdd_vhd_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}_vdd.qcow2 {{ data_hdd_vhd_size }}
       creates: "{{ data_hdd_vhd_pool_dir }}/{{ vm_name }}_vdd.qcow2"
 
   - name: define vm