Microsoft's first attempt at creating a software-defined storage platform wasn't a big hit. Its updated version just might be. One of the most difficult things in designing IT infrastructure is to get ...

TL,DR: Anybody else looking at this combo to replace a VMware stack? So we're a smallish long time VMware customer; I've been running most of my server room on ESX since 2.5, and it's been great. I'm ...

Microsoft this week summarized the top Storage Spaces Direct improvements that will be coming to Windows Server 2019. Storage Spaces Direct is a way of pooling disk storage, but it isn't new. It's ...

Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes are built on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, which provide the storage density and compute power to maximize the benefits of Storage Spaces Direct (S2D ...

A young custom server and hyper-converged infrastructure appliance builder with deep ties to Microsoft this week unveiled new models in a series of appliances this week. Argon Systems' new line of ...

I got a consulting gig! Standing up IT infra green field for friends startup. Network is up. Everything is dual leg and segregated into VLANs. Now standing up the management Hyper-V cluster which will ...

This week Microsoft held its first Windows Server Summit (available on demand), which focused on using Windows Server to modernize applications and infrastructure, while also including some key ...

The latest test build of Windows Server, known as "build 17074," rolled out this week with some new enhancements to Storage Spaces Direct (SSD). Microsoft detailed the SSD improvements in a Windows ...

A Microsoft software-defined storage architecture for Windows 10 and Windows Server, starting with Windows Server 2012 R2. Storage Spaces are virtual storage drives that are created after two or more ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Among the many apps you get with Windows 11 there’s Storage Spaces ...

Storage Spaces is a new feature in Windows 8 that allows you to pool together multiple hard drives into one larger drive or to mirror two different drives so that your data is protected against a ...