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.

Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes are built on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, which provide the storage density and compute power to maximize the benefits of Storage Spaces Direct (S2D ...

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 ...

This allows the aforementioned KIOXIA SSDs to be used with Windows Server 2022 SDDC solutions that utilize Storage Spaces Direct, with certification of KIOXIA's SSDs conducted by Microsoft to ...

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 ...