One of the topics I am looking at recently is incorporating Microsoft Storage Spaces as a shared storage platform for desktop virtualization deployments. For those that are not familiar with Storage Spaces, check out a TechNet article on it here. As you can see from the image below, this has a lot of potential for a cost effective and scalable solution.
Granted that I have the benefit of working with desktop virtualization solutions that are focused solely on deployment with Microsoft Hyper-V. Since this is the case, I have the opportunity of leveraging this type of technology. Now, this normally would not have peaked my interests if it wasn't for the updates to Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2. What is really interesting is the prospect of using the storage tiers and write-back cache for mixed virtual desktop workloads. The ability to ensure hot data is facilitated by SSD drives on a dynamic basis is awesome! This could allow for the same features expected from an enterprise shared storage solution with potentially significant reduction in overall storage costs. The big question is "will it scale?" That is what I intend to find out. If this solution gets even close to the scalability for desktop virtualiztion that you see from traditional shared storage solution, its a huge win in my book. I plan to do a write up on this once everything is tested so check back for more details.
Granted that I have the benefit of working with desktop virtualization solutions that are focused solely on deployment with Microsoft Hyper-V. Since this is the case, I have the opportunity of leveraging this type of technology. Now, this normally would not have peaked my interests if it wasn't for the updates to Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2. What is really interesting is the prospect of using the storage tiers and write-back cache for mixed virtual desktop workloads. The ability to ensure hot data is facilitated by SSD drives on a dynamic basis is awesome! This could allow for the same features expected from an enterprise shared storage solution with potentially significant reduction in overall storage costs. The big question is "will it scale?" That is what I intend to find out. If this solution gets even close to the scalability for desktop virtualiztion that you see from traditional shared storage solution, its a huge win in my book. I plan to do a write up on this once everything is tested so check back for more details.
Good post, buddy!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ryan. I hope to have many, many more useful posts in the future. ;)
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