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Matth: /* Enable and configure Storage spaces Direct */

2017-03-01T16:08:49Z

Enable and configure Storage spaces Direct

Matth at 09:19, 2 February 2017

2017-02-02T09:19:41Z

Matth: /* Volumes */

2017-02-01T17:30:16Z

Volumes

Matth: /* Volumes */

2017-02-01T17:26:03Z

Volumes

Matth: /* Where to find the shared pool? */

2017-02-01T17:16:05Z

Where to find the shared pool?

Matth: /* S2D user guide */

2017-02-01T17:15:35Z

S2D user guide

Matth: /* References */

2017-02-01T16:58:59Z

References

Matth: /* References */

2017-02-01T16:58:24Z

References

Matth: /* Check visible storage drives in each node */

2017-02-01T16:57:04Z

Check visible storage drives in each node

Matth at 16:49, 1 February 2017

2017-02-01T16:49:12Z

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 I kept the default naming here but of course, you can change the name as you wish.
+<syntaxhighlight>
 Enable-ClusterStorageSpacesDirect –CimSession S2DCluster -PoolFriendlyName S2DPool
+</syntaxhighlight>
 Completion of the command may take abit of time, in my demo this was 10-15 mins but it just depends on the setup really and how many nodes in the cluster i would imagine.

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	That should be the storage space direct cluster up and running!		That should be the storage space direct cluster up and running!

−	~~== S2D user guide ==~~
−
−	~~=== Display storage pools and tiers ===~~
−
−	~~Display all known Storage pools and there health~~
−	~~<syntaxhighlight>~~
−	~~Get-StoragePool S2D* \| FT FriendlyName, FaultDomainAwarenessDefault, OperationalStatus, HealthStatus -autosize~~
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
−	~~Find out what storage tiers have been created with this command:~~
−	~~<syntaxhighlight>~~
−	~~Get-StorageTier \| FT FriendlyName, ResiliencySettingName, MediaType, PhysicalDiskRedundancy -autosize~~
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
−
−	~~=== Where to find the shared pool? ===~~
−
−	~~All the vols that you will create and the shared storage pool itself can be found on every server in the pool at:~~
−
−	~~C:\ClusterStorage\~~
−
−	~~So if you were to create volumes and name these "test1","test2"~~
−
−	~~C:\ClusterStorage\test1~~
−
−	~~C:\ClusterStorage\test2~~
−
−	~~=== Volumes ===~~
−
−	~~There are 3 types of volume you can create within the storage pool: Mirror, parity and multi resilient.~~
−
−	~~{\| class="wikitable"~~
−	!
−	~~! Mirror~~
−	~~! Parity~~
−	~~! Multi-resilient~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| optimized for~~
−	~~\| Performance~~
−	~~\| Best use of disk~~
−	~~\| mix of the previous two~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| Use case~~
−	~~\| All data is hot~~
−	~~\| All data is cold~~
−	~~\| Mix of hot and cold~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| Storage efficiency~~
−	~~\| Least (33%)~~
−	~~\| Most (50+%)~~
−	~~\| Medium (~50%)~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| FS~~
−	~~\| NTFS or ReFS~~
−	~~\| NTFS or ReFS~~
−	~~\| ReFS~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| Minimum nodes~~
−	~~\| 3~~
−	~~\| 4~~
−	~~\| 4~~
−	\|}
−
−	~~You can create volumes with different file systems in the same cluster. This is important since each file system supports a different feature set.~~
−
−	~~[[ ReFS or NTFS \| File systems in S2D vols ]]~~
−
−	~~Further information can be found:~~
−
−	~~https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/storage/storage-spaces/plan-volumes~~

	== References ==		== References ==

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 You can create volumes with different file systems in the same cluster. This is important since each file system supports a different feature set.
-* [[ ReFS | File systems in S2D vols ]]
+[[ ReFS or NTFS | File systems in S2D vols ]]
 Further information can be found:

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	\|}		\|}

		+	You can create volumes with different file systems in the same cluster. This is important since each file system supports a different feature set.
		+
		+	* [[ ReFS \| File systems in S2D vols ]]

	Further information can be found:		Further information can be found:

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	C:\ClusterStorage\test1		C:\ClusterStorage\test1
		+
	C:\ClusterStorage\test2		C:\ClusterStorage\test2

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 Get-StorageTier | FT FriendlyName, ResiliencySettingName, MediaType, PhysicalDiskRedundancy -autosize
 </syntaxhighlight>
 === Volumes ===
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 Further information can be found:
 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/storage/storage-spaces/plan-volumes
 == References ==

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 == References ==
-https://lenovopress.com/lp0064.pdf
+* https://lenovopress.com/lp0064.pdf
-https://argonsys.com/learn-microsoft-cloud/articles/storage-spaces-direct-configuration/
+* https://argonsys.com/learn-microsoft-cloud/articles/storage-spaces-direct-configuration/
-https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/storage/storage-spaces/
+* https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/storage/storage-spaces/

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	== References ==		== References ==

−	~~Main guide used:~~
	https://lenovopress.com/lp0064.pdf		https://lenovopress.com/lp0064.pdf
		+	https://argonsys.com/learn-microsoft-cloud/articles/storage-spaces-direct-configuration/
		+	https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/storage/storage-spaces/

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	* Verify that the internal drives are online, by going to Server Manager > Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management. If any are offline, select the drive, right-click it, and click Online.		* Verify that the internal drives are online, by going to Server Manager > Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management. If any are offline, select the drive, right-click it, and click Online.
		+	* If any drive has old data or partitions, clear these with diskpart.

	=== Networking setup ===		=== Networking setup ===