Recent content by Bill Leuze

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    Server 2016-Storage Spaces: Setup Different Number of Columns per Tier?

    I also learned this is not true, one SSD is not wasted. I guess this mirror is not like a true RAID 1 because, with the 3 disks of 447 GB each, in a 1 column mirror storage tier, I get 670 GB of storage space. A true RAID 1 would use just 2 disks and I would only have 447 GB useable space. But...
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    Server 2016-Storage Spaces: Setup Different Number of Columns per Tier?

    I found the answer here: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11382.storage-spaces-frequently-asked-questions-faq.aspx#What_are_columns_and_how_does_Storage_Spaces_decide_how_many_to_use. 4 disk mirrir with 1 column is mirror only (like RAID 1) 4 disk mirror with 2...
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    Server 2016-Storage Spaces: Setup Different Number of Columns per Tier?

    Thanks for this thread. I struggled for quite a while and was finally able to get my New-VirtualDisk to run by following your and JetLag's examples. The biggest difference between your setup and mine is that I have just 3 SSDs which means one is wasted in the required mirror setup - so I will...