Install Windows Server 2012 R2 - MCSA Windows Server 2012 R2: Installation and Configuration Study Guide - page 33

3.

Select and right-click a disk that has unallocated space. If there are no disk drives avail-
able for a particular volume set, that volume set will be grayed out as a selectable
option. In this exercise, you'll choose a spanned volume set, but the process after the
volume set selection is the same regardless of which kind you choose. The only thing
that differs is the number of disk drives chosen.

4. The Welcome page of the New Spanned Volume Wizard appears and explains the type

of volume set chosen. Click Next.

5.

The Select Disks page appears. Select the disk that will be included with the volume set
and click Add. Repeat this process until all of the desired disks have been added. Click
Next.

6. The Assign Drive Letter Or Path page appears. From here you can select the desired

drive letter for the volume, mount the volume in an empty NTFS folder, or choose not to
assign a drive letter. The new volume is labeled as E. Click Next.

7.

The Format Volume page appears. Choose to format the new volume. Click Next.

8. Click Finish.

9.

If the disks have not been converted to dynamic, you will be asked to convert the disks.
Click Yes.

The new volume will appear as a healthy spanned dynamic volume with the new available
disk space of the new volume set.

Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2 includes a technology called Storage Spaces . Windows Server
2012 R2 allows an administrator to virtualize storage by grouping disks into storage pools.
These storage pools can then be turned into virtual disks called storage spaces .
The Storage Spaces technology allows an administrator to have a highly available,
scalable, low-cost, and flexible solution for both physical and virtual installations. Storage
Spaces allows you to set up this advantage on either a single server or in scalable multinode
mode. So, before going any further, let's look at these two terms that you must understand.
Storage Pools Storage pools are a group of physical disks that allows an administrator to
delegate administration, expand disk sizes, and group disks together.
Storage Spaces Storage spaces allow an administrator to take free space from storage
pools and create virtual disks called storage spaces. Storage spaces give administrators the
ability to have precise control, resiliency, and storage tiers.
Storage spaces and storage pools can be managed by an administrator through the use of
the Windows Storage Management API, Server Manager, or Windows PowerShell.
One of the advantages of using the Storage Spaces technology is the ability to set up
resiliency. There are three types of Storage Space resiliency: mirror, parity, and simple
(no resiliency).