Windows Server Catalog Storage Spaces

A storage pool enables storage aggregation elastic capacity expansion and delegated administration.

Windows server catalog storage spaces.

It is conceptually similar to raid implemented in software. Products and solutions that have earned the certified for windows server badge are also fully supported in hyper v. Windows server 2019 windows server 2016 this topic describes minimum hardware requirements for storage spaces direct on windows server. 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.

Random writes which often dominate common enterprise workloads are directed to ssds and later are written to hdds. For windows server 2019 the first wave of wssd offers will launch in february 2019 in about three months. From a storage pool you can create one or more virtual disks. 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. Storage spaces is a technology in windows and windows server that can help protect your data from drive failures. Attesting to efficient deployment capabilities in the cloud and the enterprise. To create a storage space you must first create one or more storage pools.

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. The certified for windows server badge demonstrates that a mission critical or line of business application meets microsoft s highest technical bar for windows fundamentals best practices and platform compatibility. 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. Test cluster node machinename1 machinename2 machinename3 machinename4 include storage spaces direct inventory network system configuration.

A storage pool is a collection of physical disks. These virtual disks are also referred to as storage spaces. 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. Microsoft recommends deploying storage spaces direct on hardware validated by the wssd program.