Storage Spaces Direct

The server has been part of a 4 node storage spaces direct cluster.
Storage spaces direct. Volumes in storage spaces direct provide resiliency to protect against hardware problems such as drive or server failures and to enable continuous availability throughout server maintenance such as software updates. The server was reimaged without touching the 12 disks. Confirm with vendor that the drives are supported for storage spaces direct. Storage spaces direct is the evolution of storage spaces first introduced in windows server 2012.
Storage spaces direct or s2d as it is designated as was introduced with windows server 2016. In general start with the following steps. Confirm the make model of ssd is certified for windows server 2016 and windows server 2019 using the windows server catalog. It is microsoft s hyperconverged approach to software defined storage.
Storage spaces direct still has memory of the prior storage pool with 48 disks. It leverages many of the features you know today in windows server such as failover clustering the cluster shared volume csv file system server message block smb 3 and of course storage spaces. On the screenshot above the physical disk list shows 48 disks on a server which only has 12 disks.