Storage Spaces Server 2016

Microsoft storage spaces direct is a feature in windows server 2016 that pools server storage to build a highly available and scalable software defined storage systems for hyper v virtual machines.

Storage spaces server 2016.

What s new in storage in windows server 2016 storage spaces direct. This topic describes how to deploy storage spaces on a stand alone server. In this introduction to microsoft s storage spaces technology brien walks you through the steps of creating a storage space and a virtual. This topic introduces the resiliency options available in storage spaces direct and outlines the scale requirements storage efficiency and general advantages and tradeoffs of each.

For the powershell fans you can use get storagejob to follow the progress of the repair. Fault tolerance and storage efficiency in storage spaces direct. We decided on implementing a 4 node hyper converged solution using storage spaces direct in server 2016. 12 minutes to read 4.

May 1 2017 author. Storage spaces direct is included in azure stack hci windows server 2019 datacenter windows server 2016 datacenter and windows server insider preview builds. Windows storage server 2016 storage spaces repair operation 1 windows storage server 2016 storage spaces repair operation 2. 8 minutes to read 5.

Storage spaces direct enables building highly available and scalable storage using servers with local storage. For other applications of storage spaces such as shared sas clusters and stand alone servers see storage spaces overview. Deploy storage spaces on a stand alone server. Before we can set up our storage spaces direct cluster we need to ensure our.

Windows server 2019 windows server 2016 windows server 2012 r2 windows server 2012. It simplifies the deployment and management of software defined storage systems and unlocks use of new classes of disk devices such as sata ssd and nvme disk devices. You can use storage spaces to group three or more drives together into a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create storage spaces. How to configure storage spaces and tiered storage windows server 2016 date.

It also presents some usage instructions to get you started and. After some time the old hard drive will be removed from the pool and the new drive will be assimilated. How to use storage spaces in windows server 2016 part 1.