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Storage Spaces Direct 2 Node Hyper-V Cluster
Setting up a 2 node Hyper-V cluster without a SAN and plan to use Storage Spaces Direct for my storage. I have two identical servers in this Hyper-V cluster with a multi disk SSD Raid 5 data array e...
Hey,
S2D doesn't support RAID as an underlying storage. Check the following article about hardware requirements for more information:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/storage-spaces-direct-hardware-requirements
You will need to have HBA, because S2D needs direct access to the drives. S2D will handle local redundancy and will mirror data between the nodes.
As an alternative, you can use StarWind VSAN, which can create shared storage on top of RAID array and serve it to Failover Cluster via iSCSI. The following guide should help with the configuration:
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resource-library/starwind-virtual-san-for-hyper-v-2-node-hyperconverged-scenario-with-windows-server-2016/
Cheers,
Alex Bykovskyi
StarWind Software
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S2D doesn't support RAID as an underlying storage. Check the following article about hardware requirements for more information:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/storage-spaces-direct-hardware-requirements
You will need to have HBA, because S2D needs direct access to the drives. S2D will handle local redundancy and will mirror data between the nodes.
As an alternative, you can use StarWind VSAN, which can create shared storage on top of RAID array and serve it to Failover Cluster via iSCSI. The following guide should help with the configuration:
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resource-library/starwind-virtual-san-for-hyper-v-2-node-hyperconverged-scenario-with-windows-server-2016/
Cheers,
Alex Bykovskyi
StarWind Software
Note: Posts are provided “AS IS” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.