In my previous post, I showed you how to set up a simple Storage Spaces setup in an Azure VM. In this post, I’m going to discuss setting up the actual virtual disk and the “usable” volume. Formatting ReFS I mentioned in last post that the UI within Server Manager has a few limitations…we’ll we’re […]
Read More Storage Spaces in an Azure VM: Part 2My previous post was about the value of Storage Spaces, and I want I wanted to walk through the initial setup steps for creating a Storage Spaces tier in a an Azure-based Windows Server VM. Add VHDs to VM As a first step, we will provision the disk we want on our VM in the […]
Read More Storage Spaces in an Azure VM: Part 1Most Windows Server admins I talk to are aware of Storage Spaces, but haven’t done much with it…it’s a relatively new capability (2012ish?) and burried in Server Manager. Storage Spaces lets you build large virtual disks like a harware RAID controller, but with out the extra hardware. The REALLY cool part of Storage Spaces is […]
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