Storage spaces direct is a new share nothing scale out storage solution developed by microsoft that will be soon available as part of windows server 2016.
Storage spaces direct server 2016 step by step.
The converged deployment option also known as disaggregated layers a scale out file server sofs atop storage spaces direct to provide network attached storage over smb3 file shares.
I had tried this once before in windows server 2016 cluster hosts and ran into a few odditites that i was never able to get around with the time i had to play around with it.
Not sure how fast it will take off as they are a little late to the game but hats off to them for taking the step.
Configure storage spaces direct.
To test this solution using windows server 2016 technology preview 5 i ve decided to run the entire solution.
Storage and compute in separate clusters.
The process of configuring windows server 2019 storage spaces direct s2d in vmware vsphere was simpler that i thought it would be as i expected to see errors or other unexplained behavior.
Storage spaces direct was designed for two distinct deployment options.
For instructions to set up networking for storage spaces direct see windows server 2016 converged nic and guest rdma deployment guide.
Deploy windows server 2016 storage spaces direct s2d cluster in microsoft azure in this short video we ll walk through deploying a windows server 2016 storage spaces direct s2d cluster to a microsoft azure subscription using azure resource manager arm templates.
This article will show a step by step procedure on how to add storage spaces storage and disks as a windows cluster resource on windows server 2012r2 and 2016 we will use the failover azure storage spaces direct s2d standard storage vs premium storage.
I would like to try the new windows 2016 storage spaces direct technology as a dedicated scale out file server cluster so i ordered 4 x mellanox connectx4 dual port 10 gbe nic for them.
If you want to learn more about it this one is a really good starting page.