
Let’s Build a Switch Embedded Team in SCVMM!
Hello, my name is Michael Godfrey and I am a Platform’s Premier Field Engineer (PFE) at Microsoft. I have been a Fabric Administrator for the past few years and have made it a habit of building quite a few Hyper-V ... continue reading

Storage Spaces Direct Step by Step: Part 3 Network Infrastructure
Deploying S2D on a 4-node cluster. QoS & Hyper-V virtual adaptors. Switch Enabled Teaming virtual switch & SMB Multipath infrastructure. Part 3 of 4.continue reading

Storage Spaces Direct Step by Step: Part 1 Core Cluster
How to deploy S2D on a 4-node cluster. Perform each step in preparation to manage and support the core cluster in a production environment. Part 1 of 4.continue reading

Configure Storage Spaces Direct on a Virtual Lab – Step by Step
How to configure a Storage Spaces Direct cluster and a hyper-converged Hyper-V on a virtual lab with four storage VMs.continue reading

Ultimate Performance for Database Storage with Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-converged Infrastructure
High-performing all flash array storage solution using Storage Spaces Direct on Windows Server 2016continue reading

Create Scale-Out SMB Shares
Now we will create SMB shares on the Windows Scale-Out File Server. Each share will be attached a Virtual Disk. Multiple shares can be created for a Virtual Disk, or you can elect to create only a single share for ... continue reading

Create a Two-Node Windows Cluster
This article describes the steps to create a Two-Node Windows 2012r2 Cluster to be used for storage services as well as host Hyper-V VMs. Prerequisites Both nodes should be domain joined Prerequisite Roles and Features installed (see Windows Cluster and Storage ... continue reading