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Storage spaces server 2016 standard.
Deploy storage spaces on a stand alone server.
I created a small test installation where this works perfectly.
Windows server 2019 windows server 2016 windows server 2012 r2 windows server 2012.
Windows storage server 2016 standard edition helps eliminate data clutter by identifying duplicate chunks in files then storing one copy and replacing all others with pointers.
Nedim mehic 6 comments storage spaces is the mechanism or technology that enables you to virtualize storage by grouping disks into storage pools and then creating virtual disks called storage spaces from the available capacity in the storage pools.
In this introduction to microsoft s storage spaces technology brien walks you through the steps of creating a.
Azure stack hci windows server 2019 windows server 2016.
How to use storage spaces in windows server 2016 part 1.
May 1 2017 author.
I thought i would have to use sofs but actually it seems the csvs are directly available on the windows server standard nodes as well.
Storage spaces direct uses industry standard servers with local attached drives to create highly available highly scalable software defined storage at a fraction of the cost of traditional san or nas arrays.
The other nodes should run windows server 2016 standard and be able to access the storage provided by storage spaces direct.
This feature not only works on duplicate files but can also save space from files that are not identical but share many common patterns and from files that themselves.