Configure storage spaces direct the following steps are done on a management system that is the same version as the servers being configured.
Hyper converged storage windows server 2016.
To manage your cluster as hyper converged infrastructure in windows admin center it needs to be running windows server 2016 or windows server 2019 and have hyper v and storage spaces direct enabled.
Optionally it can also have software defined networking enabled and managed through windows admin center.
Argon systems has developed the ultimate high performance storage solution using storage spaces direct on windows server 2016.
All you have to do is to configure the vid and the vswitch.
Windows server storage spaces is software defined storage.
Last week microsoft announced the final release of windows server 2016 the bits can be downloaded here.
I can now publish the setup of my lab configuration which is almost a production platform.
Storage spaces uses thin provisioning storage can be dynamically added to raid arrays or just a bunch of disks jbod and used as shared storage for hyper v clusters or smb 3 0 scale out file servers sofs.
Leveraging windows server 2016 for hyperconvergence hyperconverged infrastructure tools in windows server 2016 can support storage sdn and cost savings when building enterprise data centers.
With s2d you will be able to create a hyper converged private cloud.
It simplifies the deployment and management of software defined storage systems and unlocks the use of new classes of disk devices such as sata ssd and nvme disk devices.
Or in other words it is storage virtualization for windows server.
One of the big hot features in windows server 2016 which has me really excited is storage spaces direct s2d.
Hyper converged storage technology has been focused on a converged compute and storage solution in a single server chassis.
Now that your hyper v is configured you can create a vm and connect it to the virtual switch.
For instructions to set up networking for storage spaces direct see windows server 2016 converged nic and guest rdma deployment guide.
A hyper converged infrastructure hci consolidates compute and storage into a common set of servers.
It is an all flash array configured with nvdimm and nvme hardware and high speed networking components.
Storage spaces direct a feature included in windows server 2016 and 2019 enables organizations to create converged and hyper converged infrastructures.
