Storage Spaces, Windows 11 22H2

This video will cover the installation configuration of Storage Spaces on Windows 11 to provide fault tolerance and resiliency. Storage Spaces in Windows 11 is functionally identical and similar to that provided by Windows Server 2022. We will also cover how to recover from a failed disk and seamlessly increase capacity with zero downtime. We’ll also cover creating and configuring Storage Spaces from the shell using PowerShell. The procedures here apply to both Windows 11 and Windows 10. However, as great as any fault-tolerant system is, it is no replacement for having a good, tested, recent backup to thwart inadvertent data loss. Glossary: =================== JBOD= Just a Bunch Of Disks HBA = Host Bus Adapter NTFS = New Technology File System NVMe = Non-Volatile Memory Express RAID = Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks or Redundant Array of Independent Disks ReFS = Resilient File System SAS = Serial Attached SCSI iSCSI = Internet Small Computer System Interface Commands =================== DISKPART LIST DISK SELECT DISK n LIST DISK CLEAN OFFLINE DISK EXIT ----------------- Get-Disk Clear-Disk -Number n -RemoveData -RemoveOEM Set-Disk -Number n -IsOffline $true ----------------- Get-PhysicalDisk -CanPool $true $poolableDisks=Get-PhysicalDisk ` -CanPool $true | ` Where-Object {$_.size -like "13*"} $poolName="Deeper Storage Pool" $virtDiskStoreSpaceName="Super Deep Space" $volumeName="Pump Up the Volume" New-StoragePool ` -StorageSubSystemFriendlyName "Windows Storage*" ` -FriendlyName $poolName -PhysicalDisks ($poolableDisks) New-VirtualDisk ` -StoragePoolFriendlyName $poolName ` -FriendlyName $virtDiskStoreSpaceName ` -Size 50TB -ResiliencySettingName Mirror ` -ProvisioningType Thin Get-Disk -SerialNumber * Initialize-Disk ` -Number 27 ` -PartitionStyle GPT New-Volume ` -DiskNumber 27 ` -FriendlyName $volumeName ` -FileSystem ReFS -DriveLetter G Add-PartitionAccessPath ` -DiskNumber 27 ` -PartitionNumber 2 ` -AccessPath c:\Mnt2 =================== Applied to: Windows 11, Windows 10 Chapters 0:00 Introduction 1:57 Initial Configuration 4:40 Drive Failure 5:29 Recovery from a Drive Failure 6:14 Extend and Increase Capacity 8:17 Create a Storage Pool via PowerShell 10:10 Notes 12:36 Conclusion 13:15 Thank you!