This blog post includes a list of the Storage-related sessions from TechEd Europe 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. You can use it as an easy reference to the Storage sessions, including links to the recordings and the slides for each one. Day Time Code Title (with link to recording and slides) Speaker(s) Tue 8:30 AM … Continue reading Windows Server Storage Sessions from TechEd Europe 2014 (includes links to recordings and slides)
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Storage Quality of Service Guide Released for Windows Server Technical Preview
As part of the Windows Server Technical Preview released a few weeks ago, we announced the evolution of the Storage Quality of Service (Storage QoS) feature. Now, in addition to that TechNet page with an overview, we released the Storage QoS Step-by-Step Guide. An Overview of Storage QoS Storage Quality of Service … Continue reading Storage Quality of Service Guide Released for Windows Server Technical Preview
SmbStorageTier.ps1: A simple way to pin files to tiers in Scale-Out File Servers
Storage Spaces Tiering Storage Spaces has an interesting new feature introduced in Windows Server 2012 R2: you can create a single space using different types of disk (typically HDDs and SSDs) and it will automatically move hot data to the fast tier and cold data to the slow tier. You can read more … Continue reading SmbStorageTier.ps1: A simple way to pin files to tiers in Scale-Out File Servers
DiskSpd, PowerShell and storage performance: measuring IOPs, throughput and latency for both local disks and SMB file shares
1. Introduction I have been doing storage-related demos and publishing blogs with some storage performance numbers for a while, and I commonly get questions such as “How do you run these tests?” or “What tools do you use to generate IOs for your demos?”. While it’s always best to use a real workload … Continue reading DiskSpd, PowerShell and storage performance: measuring IOPs, throughput and latency for both local disks and SMB file shares
How to use the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 PowerShell script with different configurations
If you’ve tried the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 PowerShell script, you noticed it assumes a verify specific Scale-Out File Server configuration: 4 cluster nodes 2 cluster networks 33 cluster shared volumes 16 deduplicated volumes 240 physical disks 3 storage pools 4 storage enclosures The scripts assumes you’re using a typical Scale-Out File Server configuration described in these TechNet … Continue reading How to use the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 PowerShell script with different configurations
Adding Storage Performance to the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script
A few weeks ago, I published a script to the TechNet Script Center that gathers health and capacity information for a Windows Server 2012 R2 storage cluster. This script checks a number of components, including clustering, storage spaces, SMB file shares and core storage. You can get more details at http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2014/07/27/powershell-script-for-storage-cluster-health-test-published-to-the-technet-script-center.aspx From the beginning, … Continue reading Adding Storage Performance to the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 script
Don’t miss the SNIA Storage Developer Conference 2014
It must be September once again… We are only a couple of weeks away from the Storage Developer Conference (SDC) hosted by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). The event will happen at the Hyatt Regency in beautiful Santa Clara, CA (Silicon Valley) on the week of September 15th. As usual, We’ll also have the … Continue reading Don’t miss the SNIA Storage Developer Conference 2014
Using file copy to measure storage performance – Why it’s not a good idea and what you should do instead
1. Introduction Every once in a while I hear from someone that they believe they have a performance problem with their Scale-Out File Server. When I dig a little further, it’s very common to find that file copies are being used as the mechanism for measuring storage performance for all kinds of scenarios. This blog … Continue reading Using file copy to measure storage performance – Why it’s not a good idea and what you should do instead
Understanding the files collected by the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 PowerShell script
I recently published a PowerShell script to check the health and capacity of a Storage Cluster based on Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Servers. You can find details about this script (including the download link) in this blog post: PowerShell script for Storage Cluster Health Test published to the TechNet Script Center. This script, … Continue reading Understanding the files collected by the Test-StorageHealth.ps1 PowerShell script
Sample C# code for using the latest WMI classes to manage Windows Storage
This blog post shows a bit of C# code to use the Windows Storage Management API (SM-API) classes that were introduced in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. You can find a list of these classes at class described at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh830612.aspx, including MSFT_PhysicalDisk, MSFT_StoragePool or MSFT_VirtualDisk. I found a number of examples with the … Continue reading Sample C# code for using the latest WMI classes to manage Windows Storage
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