**** EDIT: To see an update with native install and speed testing of storage spaces with local disks, see my post #21 ****
I am playing around this morning with the new Windows 8 Consumer preview and the new Storages Spaces setup. Installed in VirtualBox, and gave it some iSCSI disks from my OI NAS box. Heres a quick run through.
Disk management showing drives. I gave it 2 x 20GB dirves and 2 x 40GB just for the sake of testing with different size drives.
First creating a storage POOL. It automatically found and selected the unallocated iSCSI volumes.
Now promted to create a storage SPACE within the pool. I choose here a two-way mirror, and give it a logical size fo 60GB. After hitting the create button it formats the drives as needed.
Now I create a second storage space on the pool, this time I select a triple mirror and give it a 2TB logical size. Just for poops and giggles.
Storage spaces complete. Screen showing overview of pool and usage, two storage spaces and the physical disks.
Showing new volumes in Computer
New file copy demo and disk tools ribbon
I am playing around this morning with the new Windows 8 Consumer preview and the new Storages Spaces setup. Installed in VirtualBox, and gave it some iSCSI disks from my OI NAS box. Heres a quick run through.
Disk management showing drives. I gave it 2 x 20GB dirves and 2 x 40GB just for the sake of testing with different size drives.
First creating a storage POOL. It automatically found and selected the unallocated iSCSI volumes.
Now promted to create a storage SPACE within the pool. I choose here a two-way mirror, and give it a logical size fo 60GB. After hitting the create button it formats the drives as needed.
Now I create a second storage space on the pool, this time I select a triple mirror and give it a 2TB logical size. Just for poops and giggles.
Storage spaces complete. Screen showing overview of pool and usage, two storage spaces and the physical disks.
Showing new volumes in Computer
New file copy demo and disk tools ribbon
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