1. State the problem With the release of Windows Server 2016 TP2 a few weeks ago, I was wondering what new PowerShell cmdlets are now included (when you compare to Windows Server 2012 R2). However, the list of cmdlets is so long now that it is hard to spot the differences by hand. … Continue reading New PowerShell cmdlets in Windows Server 2016 TP2 (compared to Windows Server 2012 R2)
Tag: Storage Spaces
Storage Sessions at Microsoft Ignite. Make sure to update your schedule!
Hi! If you’re planning to attend Ignite, here is a list of sessions related to Storage at the event: Code Session title Presenters BRK3496 Deploying Private Cloud Storage with Dell Servers and Windows Server vNext Claus Joergensen, Shai Ofek, Syama Poluri BRK3474 Enabling New On-premises Scale-Out File Server with Direct-Attached Storage Claus Joergensen, Michael Gray … Continue reading Storage Sessions at Microsoft Ignite. Make sure to update your schedule!
New version of the Storage Spaces physical disk validation PowerShell script
The Storage Spaces team has just published a new version of the Storage Space disk validation script written in PowerShell. This script makes sure that the physical disks in a system have everything that is needed by Storage Spaces. That includes checking functional requirements and performance characteristics. In the same way that we ask you … Continue reading New version of the Storage Spaces physical disk validation PowerShell script
Case Studies on Storage Spaces, Scale-Out File Servers with SMB3 or both
There are many customers out there using Storage Spaces and Scale-Out File Servers with SMB3 since their initial release in Windows Server 2012 a few years back. Every once in a while, someone will ask me for details on how these technologies were deployed by customers. The best source for those examples is the Microsoft … Continue reading Case Studies on Storage Spaces, Scale-Out File Servers with SMB3 or both
Using PowerShell to select Physical Disks for use with Storage Spaces
1. Introduction If you use PowerShell to configure Storage Spaces, you probably noticed that selecting physical disks is an important part of the process. You must select disks to create a pool and you might also need to do it also when you create a virtual disk using a subset of the disks. … Continue reading Using PowerShell to select Physical Disks for use with Storage Spaces
Storage Spaces Survival Guide (Links to presentations, articles, blogs, tools)
In this post, I'm sharing my favorite links related to Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2. This includes TechEd Presentations, TechNet articles, Blogs and tools related to Storage Spaces in general and more specifically about its deployment in a Failover Cluster or Scale-Out File Server configuration. It's obviously not a complete reference (there are … Continue reading Storage Spaces Survival Guide (Links to presentations, articles, blogs, tools)
Testing Windows Server and the Scale-Out File Server – What should your lab look like?
With the release of Windows Server Technical Preview, a common question comes to the surface again. What kind of lab hardware do I need to play with it? Ideally, you would get one of those new Cloud Platform System (CPS) racks with a 32-node Hyper-V cluster, a 4-node Scale-Out File Server and 4 JBODs … Continue reading Testing Windows Server and the Scale-Out File Server – What should your lab look like?
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