1. Dave Kawula’s Notes from the Field on Storage Spaces Direct
7/5/2018 7:22 AM
THR3017
Dave Kawula’s Notes from the Field on Storage Spaces Direct
Dave Kawula - MVP
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2. Contact Info
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3. Agenda What is Storage Spaces Direct?? The Good Stuff
A Special Gift just for you
Cool Scripts
3rd Party Add-Ons

4. What is Storage Spaces Direct??
7/5/2018
What is Storage Spaces Direct??
© 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

6. Industry-standard servers with internal drives

7. Let’s cluster them

9. Software-defined “pool” of storage

10. Cache, tiers, resiliency, columns – all configured automagically
P O O L
Cache, tiers, resiliency, columns – all configured automagically

11. P O O L

12. We’re ready to create volumes!
P O O L
We’re ready to create volumes!

13. Volumes have built-in resiliency
P O O L
Volumes have built-in resiliency

14. V O L U M E S
P O O L
If drives fail

15. V O L U M E S
P O O L
Or whole nodes go down

16. All data stays online and accessible
V O L U M E S
P O O L
All data stays online and accessible

17. V O L U M E S
P O O L

18. Windows Server Software Defined (WSSD)
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Standard
Converged Software-Defined Storage (SDS)
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Premium

19. Vendor Certified Solutions
Dell/ EMC Ready

20. Vendor Certified Solutions
Mellanox

21. DIY Solutions / LAB Master Storage Spaces Direct

22. DIY Solutions / LAB Hyper-V – Big Demo Hyper-V WSLAB MS Premier
Hyper-V WSLAB MS Premier
16lab
Azure ARM Template
us/resources/templates/301- storage-spaces-direct/

23. The Secret Sauce (RDMA)
Host Channel Adapter (HCA)
Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA)
RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)
Mellanox CX3-Pro are certified with the Dell/EMC Ready Configuration

24. Master Storage Spaces Direct is FREE on Amazon Kindle
Your Special Gift
This week my book
Master Storage Spaces Direct is FREE on Amazon Kindle
Go grab your copy today

25. Are you Ready for the good stuff??

26. If using RDMA (RoCE) then configure Data Center Bridging
If not don’t enable it!

27. Stick with supported and Tested Firmware / Drivers Versions

28. If you storage jobs fail or stall…
Change CSV Ownership to enable get them going

29. (get-cluster).S2DBusTypes=”0x100″ (Get-Cluster).S2DBusTypes=4294967295
Want Storage Spaces Direct to work on Any Hardware??
(get-cluster).S2DBusTypes=”0x100″
(Get-Cluster).S2DBusTypes=

30. Want a pretty little reporting solution for S2D?
Get Starwind Manager for Free

31. Tweak VMFleet’s Watch-Cluster.ps1

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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

33. Master Storage Spaces Direct is FREE on Amazon Kindle
Your Special Gift
This week my book
Master Storage Spaces Direct is FREE on Amazon Kindle
Thank You!

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POD2002 – Interact with an MVP discussion Panel about Windows – OCC South Restaurant Wednesday 10:00-11:00
BRK1065 – Cristal Kawula – Women in Technology Community Leaders – Wednesday
THR3017R – Dave Kawula’s Notes from the Field on Storage Spaces Direct (Repeat) – OCC West Building Theater Level 2 – Wednesday 2:50-3:10