Storage Spaces Survival Guide (Links to presentations, articles, blogs, tools)

In this post, I'm sharing my favorite links related to Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2. This includes TechEd Presentations, TechNet articles, Blogs and tools related to Storage Spaces in general and more specifically about its deployment in a Failover Cluster or Scale-Out File Server configuration. It's obviously not a complete reference (there are always new blogs and articles being posted), but hopefully this is a useful collection of links.

TechEd Presentations

• Storage Spaces: What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2
• Best Practices for Deploying Tiered Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2

TechNet Articles – Storage Spaces

• Storage Spaces Overview
• Deploy Clustered Storage Spaces
• How Storage Spaces Makes Use of Hot Spares
• Monitor Storage Tiers Performance in Windows Server 2012 R2
• Replace Failed Disks and Repair JBODs for Storage Spaces in Windows Server
• Storage Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell

TechNet Wiki – Storage Spaces

• Storage Spaces Overview
• Storage Spaces Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Storage Spaces - Designing for Performance

TechNet Articles – Cost-Effective Storage for Hyper-V

• Provide cost-effective storage for Hyper-V workloads by using Windows Server
• Provide cost-effective storage for Hyper-V workloads by using Windows Server: planning and design guide

Blogs - Storage Spaces

• Step-by-step for Storage Spaces Tiering in Windows Server 2012 R2
• Step-by-Step for Mirrored Storage Spaces Resiliency using PowerShell
• SQLIO, PowerShell and storage performance: measuring IOPs, throughput and latency for both local disks and SMB file shares
• Using file copy to measure storage performance – Why it’s not a good idea and what you should do instead
• Storage Spaces: How to configure Storage Tiers with Windows Server 2012 R2

Script Center - Tools

• Test-StorageHealth Script– PowerShell script for gathering info on health, capacity, performance and events
• Storage Spaces Physical Disk Validation Script– PowerShell script for testing disks before deployment

Windows Server Catalog

• Hardware Certified for Storage Spaces

Let me know in the comments section if you find this useful or if you have additional links that you found useful.