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 always new blogs and articles being posted), but hopefully this is a useful collection of links.
TechEd Presentations
- TechEd North America: Storage Spaces: What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2
- TechEd North America:Best Practices for Deploying Tiered Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2
- TechEd Europe 2014: Upcoming sessions about Storage Spaces
TechNet Articles – Storage Spaces
- Storage Spaces Overview
- Deploy Clustered Storage Spaces
- How Storage Spaces Makes Use of Hot Spares
- Monitor Storage Tiers Performance in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Replace Failed Disks and Repair JBODs for Storage Spaces in Windows Server
- Storage Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell
- Test Storage Spaces Performance Using Synthetic Workloads in Windows Server
TechNet Wiki – Storage Spaces
- Storage Spaces Overview
- Storage Spaces Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Storage Spaces - Designing for Performance
Microsoft Cloud Platform System (CPS) powered by Dell
- Main page for the Microsoft Cloud Platform System (CPS)
- Blog Post: Unveiling The Microsoft Cloud Platform System, powered by Dell
- Video: Introducing the Microsoft Cloud Platform System
- Data Sheet: Microsoft Cloud Platform System powered by Dell
- White Paper: Microsoft’s Cloud Platform System Delivers Best Price-to-Performance
- TechEd Europe 2014: Sessions about the Cloud Platform System (CPS)
TechNet Articles – Cost-Effective Storage for Hyper-V
- Provide cost-effective storage for Hyper-V workloads by using Windows Server
- Provide cost-effective storage for Hyper-V workloads by using Windows Server: planning and design guide
Blogs - Storage Spaces
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage: Step-by-step with Storage Spaces, SMB Scale-Out and Shared VHDX (Virtual)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage: Step-by-step with Storage Spaces, SMB Scale-Out and Shared VHDX (Physical)
- Step-by-step for Storage Spaces Tiering in Windows Server 2012 R2
- Step-by-Step for Mirrored Storage Spaces Resiliency using PowerShell
- DiskSpd, PowerShell and storage performance: measuring IOPs, throughput and latency for both local disks and SMB file shares
- Using file copy to measure storage performance – Why it’s not a good idea and what you should do instead
- Storage Spaces: How to configure Storage Tiers with Windows Server 2012 R2
- Using PowerShell to select Physical Disks for use with Storage Spaces
TechNet Download - Tools
- Test-StorageHealth Script – PowerShell script for gathering info on health, capacity, performance and events
- Storage Spaces Physical Disk Validation Script – PowerShell script for testing disks before deployment
- Diskspd, a Robust Storage Testing Tool, Now Publically Available
- SmbStorageTier.ps1: A simple way to pin files to tiers in Scale-Out File Servers
Updates required for deployment
- KB 2919355: April 2014 update for Windows Server 2012 R2
- KB 3000850: November 2014 update rollup for Windows Server 2012 R2
- KB 2920151: December 2014 update rollup for Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Clusters
- TechNet: Optimizing Storage Spaces repair settings on Scale-Out File Servers with the November 2014 update rollup
Windows Server Catalog
Partner Articles on Storage Spaces (alphabetical order, just a sample of the many partners solutions out there)
- DataOn – Achieving over 1‐Million IOPS from Hyper‐V VMs in a Scale‐Out File Server Cluster using Windows Server 2012 R2
- Dell - Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces on Dell PowerVault MD12XX
- Fujitsu - Fujitsu Server Primergy - Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces Performance
- Iron Networks - Clustered, SMB Scale-Out Storage Solution with advanced NAS capabilities
Thanks for the suggestions in the comments section (some of them already added to the list). Keep them coming…