Topics: Windows

Scope/Description This document will walk through how 45Drives configures a Storinator using LSI 9361-16i HBA Cards along with Windows Storage spaces. We will walk through creating the RAID with MegaRAID Storage Manager, and then using Windows Storage Spaces to Stripe those RAIDs together to appear as one big Storage Volume. Prerequisites Must have Windows Server […]

Scope/Description Set up Storage Tiers in Storage Spaces Create a Mirror Accelerated Parity Volume Prerequisites Be running JBOD LSI cards, or at the minimum, have your RAID controllers set to pass through (JBOD) mode. Ideal storage arrangement would be to have an 80/20 setup of 80% HDD to 20% SSD if you want to create […]

Scope/Description This process allows for Windows to boot from either boot drive as typically seen in mirrored Linux boot drives. Warning: Once the boot drives are mirrored, if one is removed the mirror breaks and cannot be repaired without restarting the process.  Prerequisites One boot drive already running Windows Server 2019 Second drive matching the […]