Creating a Windows storage pool

Windows storage pools are, essentially, software RAID devices that are used with Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) to provide virtual disks for different purposes. Much like a traditional RAID device, resiliency can be configured flexibly. Any storage connected to a server running Windows Server 2012, and more recent, can be used to create a storage pool.

As you might imagine, a single disk can only be part of one storage pool.

Getting ready

To get ready for this recipe, a lab environment is highly recommended. To create a lab environment on a Hyper-V machine, you can use the following code snippet:

New-LabDefinition -Name PoolParty -DefaultVirtualizationEngine HyperV

$disks = foreach...