I am planning on building a new windows 2012 server for a client and I have no experience in doing so. I have built many linux servers for them and setting up software raid during the install is a trivial matter. I have been unable to confirm that the windows 2012 install process has an analogous process for setting up Storage Spaces during the install.
- Can Storage Spaces be used as an installation target (configured during setup?)
- Is it capable of mirror+stripe (RAID10)?
We have not ordered the hardware yet, so I'm looking for clarification.
Answer
Storage spaces is not supported on boot, system, or CSV volumes. It's all done post-installation.
You can span (sucky), mirror (smart) or parity (I think it's equivalent to R5 and R6). There is no striping.
I suggest, at the moment, avoid if you have a decent RAID controller that can do online expansion. I see that you're ordering new hardware - spend the $500 and order it with a good RAID controller - you'll save yourself a lot of hassle in the long term.
RAID in Windows has always been a bit of an unloved child. I use it for mirroring in el cheapo servers, but that's it. That said, you can add a mirror your boot drive after installing the operating system should you so choose.
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