At least 10 gbe networking is required and remote direct memory access rdma is recommended.
Storage spaces direct alternative.
A microsoft hyper v cluster with storage spaces direct was the strongest solution to our needs.
The converged deployment option also known as disaggregated layers a scale out file server sofs atop storage spaces direct to provide network attached storage over smb3 file shares.
Why storage spaces direct won out over 6 alternatives.
Click create a new pool and storage space.
After all each windows server node contains compute and storage resources just as an off the shelf hyper converged system would.
Microsoft developed storage spaces direct or s2d to help simplify the deployment and management of software defined storage systems as well as to open the use of new classes.
Storage spaces direct requires high bandwidth low latency networking between servers in the cluster.
Storage spaces direct combines local drives from multiple servers into a virtual shared storage space.
As you all probably know i ve had a lot of problems with storage spaces.
Specific settings need to be enabled in order to get the most out of your array.
It makes software defined storage possible in windows environments without the need for additional components from third parties.
Storage spaces direct was designed for two distinct deployment options.
Many of these issues are from not knowing how to correctly configure storage spaces.
Storage and compute in separate clusters.
On the other hand storage spaces is very flexible with adding new disks of any size or shape.
Storage spaces direct s2d is partially based on storage spaces architecture however it is a different solution that provides ha storage for deploying hyper converged clusters.
Simple no resiliency two way mirror three way mirror or parity.
If you are planning on doubling the use of your file server as a desktop or gaming machine windows is likely a better choice for you.
Storage spaces direct is a feature introduced in windows server 2016 that extends the software defined storage sds stack in windows server to enable building highly available ha storage systems with local storage.
In some ways windows server 2016 storage spaces direct can be a viable alternative to a more traditional hyper converged infrastructure deployment.
Click manage storage spaces button to open it.
In testing it was.
Storage spaces direct or s2d is a feature of the datacenter editions of windows server 2016 and 2019.
To sum up s2d and ss are completely different in terms of problems they are solving.
