Windows Server Catalog Storage Spaces

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Windows server catalog storage spaces. A storage pool enables storage aggregation elastic capacity expansion and delegated administration. A storage space. It is conceptually similar to raid implemented in software. Test cluster node machinename1 machinename2 machinename3 machinename4 include storage spaces direct inventory network system configuration.

Storage spaces is a technology in windows and windows server that can help protect your data from drive failures. If you choose instead to build your own with components from the windows server 2019 catalog you may be able to assemble eligible parts sooner. Microsoft recommends deploying storage spaces direct on hardware validated by the wssd program. The certified for windows server 2019 and certified for windows server 2016 badges identify hardware components devices drivers systems and solutions that meet microsoft standards for compatibility and recommended practices with the windows server 2016 operating system.

These virtual disks are also referred to as storage spaces. A storage pool is a collection of physical disks. To create a storage space you must first create one or more storage pools. Storage spaces in windows server 2012 r2 supports creating a write back cache that uses a small amount of space on existing ssds in the pool to buffer small random writes.

Use the following powershell command to validate a set of servers for use as a storage spaces direct cluster. For information about how to create a clustered storage space see deploy a storage spaces cluster on windows server 2012 r2. For windows server 2019 the first wave of wssd offers will launch in february 2019 in about three months. 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.

Random writes which often dominate common enterprise workloads are directed to ssds and later are written to hdds. For hardware requirements on azure stack hci our operating system designed for hyperconverged deployments with a connection to the cloud see before you deploy azure stack hci. The file and storage services section of server manager available in windows server you can use server manager to create and manage storage spaces also referred to as virtual disks and their associated storage pools on the storage spaces subsystem as well as on non microsoft storage subsystems. Windows server 2019 windows server 2016 this topic describes minimum hardware requirements for storage spaces direct on windows server.