When you create a virtual disk on top of a Windows storage pool, Windows allows you to incorporate some fault tolerance into that virtual disk. Assuming that a sufficient number of physical disks ...

Storage Spaces (not to be confused with Storage Spaces Direct) has been a part of Windows Server since the days of Windows Server 2012, and provides an easy way for you to create software-defined ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Among the many apps you get with Windows 11 there’s Storage ...

Managing a ton of drives in your PC is annoying. It gums up File Explorer and makes it difficult to know where files are supposed to go. You can set up a RAID array to simplify managing your drives, ...

The error occurs when a user tries to create a new storage space into an existing pool or when creating a new pool so they can retain the extra copies. The complete ...

Suppose I have 4 drives, call them A, B, C, and D, in local SATA bays in a Microserver, configured as 2-way Mirrored Storage Pool created in Win 10 Pro, and I'm running out of space. (I have a ...

On Dec. 20th 2014, QNAP released an update to its award winning QTS 4.0 operating system. The new version, QTS 4.1, adds new features to the Storage Manager, and fixes a handful of issues introduced ...

I have a Win 10 Pro/64 box with 4 SATA drive bays that I'm using as a 2nd-tier backup storage box (Veeam repository). When I first populated the box, I did a "thin provisioning" and created a 16 TB ...