There are many customers out there using Storage Spaces and Scale-Out File Servers with SMB3 since their initial release in Windows Server 2012 a few years back.
Every once in a while, someone will ask me for details on how these technologies were deployed by customers. The best source for those examples is the Microsoft Case Studies site.
The list below includes case studies on how a customer deployed a solution using Storage Spaces, SMB3 file servers or both combined:
- A1 Telekom Austria AG - IT Services Provider Boosts Network Availability, Resilience with Server Upgrade
- ABM - Facilities Solutions Firm Reduces IP Address Management Time by 90 Percent
- Avanade - Microsoft Co-Venture Uses Server Solution to Eliminate Latency for Field Force
- Chunghwa Telecom - Telecom Reduces Costs by 30 Percent, Downtime by 50 Percent with Server Upgrade
- ClearPointe - IT Firm Boosts Storage Performance Tenfold, Trims Costs with Software-Defined Storage
- Convergent Computing - IT Consultant Delivers Flexible, Hybrid Cloud Computing and 50 Percent Lower Costs
- Dimension Data - Hosting Provider Upgrades Software to Reduce Costs, Expand Choice and Services
- Edgenet - Data Services Provider Upgrades Operating System to Boost IT Management Efficiency
- Equifax - Financial Services Firm Improves File Server Availability by 40 Hours a Year
- Fasthosts - Hosting Provider Increases IT Efficiency and Agility with Software Upgrade
- Fujitsu - Fujitsu Reduces Cloud Storage Costs by 35 Percent, Creates More Competitive Offering
- Georgia Institute of Technology - Georgia Tech Students Gain Broad Access to Powerful Design Software with Virtualization
- ING Direct Australia - Online Bank Boosts IT Efficiency by 20 Percent with Upgrade, Strengthens Innovation
- iWeb - Hosting Provider Grows Revenue and Customer Base with Private Cloud Offering
- Kennards Hire - Equipment Rental Firm Improves IT Efficiency and Business Agility with Software Upgrade
- Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice - State Reduces IP Management Work by 25 Percent, Extends Virtualization with Upgrade
- Lufthansa Systems - Lufthansa Systems Uses Hybrid Cloud to Trim IT Delivery to Hours and Reduce Costs
- Microsoft - Microsoft Uses Operating System to Triple Storage Capacity, Reduce Time-to-Market
- nGenx Corporation - Cloud Service Provider Builds Cost-Effective Storage Solution to Support Business Growth
- NTTX Select - Hosting Provider Redesigns Data Center, Expands Offerings with Server Upgrade
- NTTX Select - Hosting Provider Uses Industry-Standard Storage to Slash Storage Costs by 30 Percent
- Pedcor Companies - Real Estate Firm Expects to Avoid $560,000 in IT Costs by Using New Operating System
- Studio Moderna - Retailer Deploys File Share Storage, Saves 50 Percent in Storage Costs
- Telekom Slovenije - Telecom Company Uses File-Based Storage to Reduce Costs, Not Performance
- TrinityComputer.de - IT Provider Gives SMB Customers Flexible Cloud Options, Lower Costs with Upgrade
- T-Systems International GmbH - Cloud Hosting Provider Aims to Improve Service, Lower Costs with Server Upgrade
- VaiSulWeb - Hosting Provider Quickly Offers Cost-Effective Cloud Services to Small Businesses
- Volkswagen Financial Services - Car Financer Improves Performance of Web Applications, Reduces Costs with Upgrade
- Western Health - Australian Healthcare Organization Gains Efficiency, Lower Costs with Private Cloud
- WorkITsafe - IT Provider Gives SMBs Greater Business Continuity, Lower Costs with Software Upgrade
And you should also note that the recently release Cloud Platform System (CPS) is another example of a solution that uses both Storage Spaces and Scale-Out File Servers with SMB3:
- Main page for the Microsoft Cloud Platform System (CPS)
- Blog Post: Unveiling The Microsoft Cloud Platform System, powered by Dell
If you’re focused on gathering data about the performance of Storage Spaces and Scale-Out File Servers, there are a few interesting white papers available:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 - Storage Performance and Cost Analysis
- Achieving over 1-Million IOPS from Hyper-V VMs in a Scale-Out File Server Cluster using Windows Server 2012 R2
- Microsoft’s Cloud Platform System (CPS) Delivers Best Price-to-Performance
For more information about Storage Spaces or SMB, you can check these blog posts:
- Storage Spaces Survival Guide (Links to presentations, articles, blogs, tools)
- Updated Links on Windows Server 2012 R2 File Server and SMB 3.02