I agree it is more flexible. I was probably speaking much to broad again.
My limited testing of 3 disks backs up the performance so far. I think the drive-extender comment was from Microsoft document I read over the past couple of days looking into this more. Now I'll have to see if I can find it again. Thanks. Art DeKneef Avanti Computers Mesa, AZ 480-649-4430 Office 480-529-4430 Mobile From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 2:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] storage spaces? It is not RAID as you know RAID. For example, the disks do not all have to be the same size. For small numbers of disks (< 6) it will probably perform worse than RAID, but it is infinitely more flexible. Whether it is based on drive-extender or not is a matter of some controversy. Conceptually, it is quite similar. I've never heard one of the authors make that statement however. From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Art DeKneef Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 5:46 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] storage spaces? Timely topic as I was just looking in to this also and was about to ask the same question. >From I gather, Storage Spaces is based on the old drive extender technology from Windows Home Server but vastly improved. It is software RAID. It is normally not as fast as hardware RAID. But for home use that may not be that big of a deal. What were you thinking of running Storage Spaces on? I am looking at using it on our installs of Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. Your thinking of a simple box, some drives and free NAS software would probably be less expensive depending on what you had or needed to buy.. Art DeKneef Avanti Computers Mesa, AZ 480-649-4430 Office 480-529-4430 Mobile From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Humphries Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 1:43 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [NTSysADM] storage spaces? Any opinions about this? I was looking at it as an option for storing backups and maybe for media and backup server at home. A simple box with some NAS drives would be more economical than dedicated RAID hardware. Thanks. Bill
