Microsoft this week summarized the top Storage Spaces Direct improvements that will be coming to Windows Server 2019. Storage Spaces Direct is a way of pooling disk storage, but it isn't new.

Microsoft added improvements to Storage Spaces Direct (SSD) in its latest test-build preview release of Windows Server, known as "build 17074," which was released this week. That detail was part ...

In Windows Server 2016 a new storage option is available: Storage Spaces Direct (S2D). Instead of using external disk trays, internal storage in each server is pooled together. This makes scaling ...

It should also improve performance across multiple volumes when using Storage Spaces Direct — again, a feature that's only on Windows Server and Azure Stack HCI. It also supports file-level ...

"Windows Server 2025 delivers major advancements across the board for Hyper-V, GPU integration, Storage Spaces Direct (software defined storage), software-defined networking, and clustering," said ...

according to Microsoft's internal testing. The company said this boost addresses the needs of data-intensive applications, while innovations in Storage Spaces Direct allow for flexible storage ...

Creating and managing disk storage spaces is one of those things. In the earliest versions of Windows 10 and older variants, you needed a legacy interface to create and manage hard drive volumes.

requiring more complex and powerful drivers as well as supporting new server features like Storage Spaces Direct and Azure Stack HCI. SEE: Google Workspace vs. Microsoft 365: A side-by-side ...

In Windows Server 2016 a new storage option is available: Storage Spaces Direct (S2D). Instead of using external disk trays, internal storage in each server is pooled together. This makes scaling ...