Friday, 8 November 2013

Manage Storage Spaces and Storage Pools in Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008 R2 using Disk Management MMC snap-in to manage the disk configuration, and easy access to the DISKPART command-line tool. It is fair to say that storage subsystem is not fully optimized high speed, resilience, or large file server operations. So when the team designed a new Windows Server Windows Server 2012, long hard look at their stores.

Provide Microsoft's solution is a new look at the disk and storage in a Windows Server 2012 with a raft of changes. These include SMB 3, opening up exciting new possibilities. The biggest change, however, has set aside provisions of the layout and the store itself. Storage space introduced and it provides clustering for high availability and integration with cluster shared volumes can be extended the deployment of virtual machines, file sharing, and other work-load capacity.

Storage space, can be grouped into at least one industry standard disk storage pool. Then you can create a virtual disk from the available capacity. One of the most useful add-ins using this technology offers a pool and you can thin it can be increased as needed.

Microsoft how to do all this disk tricks:

Storage pools and storage space based on the concept of a single pool of several physical disks and create a virtual space. Then use this volume of the pool in order to create for our use. Smart!
File and storage services is one of the 18 roles in Windows Server 2012 and needs but the installation work. Server core is a complete version of the user or server interface. Storage subsystem can be local control, remote via a graphical user interface or the PowerShell Cmdlet:


Where the server administrator is to manage roles. Click file and storage services to open separate administrative areas:


You have created on a local server or on a remote server that has access to a storage pool shows a single storage space. "Raw" spaces are added to the server, but have not been added to the physical disk storage space. Add disk wipe all the data from it.

Full pool the screen displays physical disk storage space and composition, and have created on any virtual disk details:


To create a new pool, simply click Tasks then Create New Storage Pool to fire up the wizard:


You can remove an individual disk from a pool, but this creates a warning about data loss:




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