Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2 (TP2) and Storage Quality of Service (QoS)
Storage Quality of Service (Storage QoS) is a new feature in the upcoming Windows Server 2016 that provides a way to centrally monitor and manage storage performance for virtual machines. The feature automatically improves storage resource fairness between multiple virtual machines using the same file server cluster and allows specific minimum and maximum performance goals (Storage QoS policies) to be configured in units of normalized 8KB IOPs.
With the release of Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2 (TP2), the Storage QoS feature is available for testing. Virtual Machine Manager 2016 TP2 also includes the ability to manage Storage QoS. Find below some important links to review so you can experiment with Storage QoS in Windows Server 2016 TP2:
Download link for Windows Server 2016 TP2 and System Center 2016 TP2:
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-system-center-technical-preview
TechNet Guide for Windows Server 2016 TP2 and Storage QoS:
Microsoft Ignite 2015 session on Windows Server 2016 TP2 and Storage QoS:
Storage QoS demos (videos):
- Windows Server 2016 TP2 Storage QoS: PowerShell Monitoring
- Windows Server 2016 TP2 Storage QoS: Managing policies with VMM
- Windows Server 2016 TP2 Storage QoS: Managing Policies with PowerShell
- Windows Server 2016 TP2 Storage QoS: Managing with a PowerShell script
Storage QoS script samples