Storage Spaces Flashcards
1
Q
What is the construct for storage spaces?
A
Physical Layer > Storage Pools > Storage Spaces (Virtual Disks) > Volumes
2
Q
What advantages do storage pools give?
A
Can mix disk sizes, types & interfaces to present as one logical pool
Can add more physical disks to expand pool dynamically
3
Q
What is storage tiers?
A
Allows to mix disk types
Storage spaces monitors data in pool and moves frequently accessed data to SSDs, less to HDDs
4
Q
What is write-back cache in storage spaces?
A
Reserves some space on faster SSD tier as buffer for small random writes to be sent to HDD tier
5
Q
What is enclosure awareness in storage spaces?
A
Data is auto mirrored across enclosures
Minimum 3 enclosures to enable
