1. A method, comprising: modifying a file reference of a virtual machine, the virtual machine configured to map the file reference to a first storage volume, wherein modifying the file reference comprises: remapping the file reference from the first storage volume to a second storage volume within the virtual machine, the remapping to reconfigure the virtual machine to direct requests pertaining to the file reference to the second storage volume, wherein the second storage volume corresponds to a virtual disk, the virtual disk associated with a storage resource managed by a hypervisor of the virtual machine operating on a host computing device; receiving write requests directed to the second storage volume; and servicing the received write requests by use of local storage of the host computing device, the local storage separate from the storage resource managed by the hypervisor, wherein: servicing the received write requests comprises storing file data pertaining to the file reference within the local storage and removing the stored file data from the local storage without accessing the storage resource managed by the hypervisor, such that the file data are not stored within the storage resource; and the file data are removed from the local storage in response to detecting a deactivation of the virtual machine.