Storage Pool Configuration on Windows Server
This tutorial explains how to use Storage Pool features on Windows Server.
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ISCSI Target Role – Windows Server – SAN
The iSCSI target role makes it possible to transform a server into a SAN (bay of disks / storage) by creating virtual disks (vhdx) and by presenting them to other server using the ethernet network (iSCSI). This type of configuration is used with Hyper-V clusters which require a volume shared between all of the nodes. …
Starwind: setting up a highly available storage
StarWind Virtual SAN is software that turns Windows into an iSCSI target server. The advantage of StarWind is that it can be used to put the storage in high availability by installing two StarWind servers, because this is managed at the software level, it can be used with any type of storage (SAN, DAS) and …
Installation and configuration of replica storage
Storage replication (storage replica) is a feature that comes with Windows Server 2016 that lets you replicate a volume to another server. To work the feature requires two volumes per server. The first for storing data and the second for logs. Storage replica works on the principle Active / Passive. The data is accessible only …
QNAP : volume configuration
When provisioning a NAS, the first step is to create one or more volumes with the disks installed in it. NAS QNAP offers two types of volumes: Volume based on a pool of disks. Volume on raid disk group (static). Both types of volumes each have their advantage and disadvantage. Pooled volumes allow the use …
QNAP: add a shared folder
In this tutorial, we will see how to create a shared folder with a QNAP NAS and access it from Windows. Creating the shared folder 1. Go to the administration interface and open Control Panel 1 . 2. In the Privilege 1 section, click Shared Folders 2 . 3. Click Create 1 / Shared Folder …
Windows File Server: Storage Usage Report
Introduction The file server resource manager on Windows can generate reports on storage usage: Duplicate files Files by group (images / music / office …) Modification date, access … Reports are available on demand where they can be generated periodically. To illustrate this tutorial, I will show you how to generate a report on the …
Create a raid 1 with Windows
In this tutorial, I will explain how to create a RAID 1 on Windows with Disk Manager. I have personally used this technique on several occasions both on my personal computers and on backup servers to secure backups that were stored on NAS whose volumes were present in iSCSI. Prerequisites On the computer or server …
Configure a SAN disk on Windows
In this tutorial, we will see how to configure a SAN-type disk to present to a Windows server. SAN type disks are LUNs / Volume that are presented in FC / iSCSI / SAS. They are often hosted on a disk array or Datacore / Starwind storage virtualization solution / iSCSI target roles … Configure …
EMC Unity 300 add a LUN
In this tutorial, we’ll see how to add a LUN to a UNITY 300 storage array using the Unisphere Web interface. Before adding a LUN, hosts must be configured on the array. 1. On the web interface, go to Blocks 1 / LUNs 2 and click on the + to launch the Add Wizard. 2. …