I have a tiered mirrored storage space currently on Server 2012r2, with, until today:
2x256GB Samsung 830 SSDs
2xWD Red Pro 6TBs
2xSeagate 2TBs
One of the seagates finally died, I've replaced it with another 6TB Red Pro and repaired the array.
Except now I have an unbalanced array, and so still only 8TB of space when I should be able to have 10TB.
Windows 10 and Server 2016 support the Optimize-Storagepool powershell commandlet. This should solve my issue and give me 10TB of space.
However, I don't want to lay out hundreds of pounds for a Server 2016 license. I don't have a spare Windows 10 license, and if it's the same as 7/8/8.1, 10 won't support tiered spaces anyway (you could read from them but not create them in earlier versions).
So, I'm thinking I install 2016RTM to a random drive, optimize the pool, then drop back, but will this update it in some way that makes it unreadable back on 2012r2?
Could I do the same with Windows 10? Can it optimize the pool even though it's tiered?
An obscure question I know, but if anyone could help I'd appreciate it!!
2x256GB Samsung 830 SSDs
2xWD Red Pro 6TBs
2xSeagate 2TBs
One of the seagates finally died, I've replaced it with another 6TB Red Pro and repaired the array.
Except now I have an unbalanced array, and so still only 8TB of space when I should be able to have 10TB.
Windows 10 and Server 2016 support the Optimize-Storagepool powershell commandlet. This should solve my issue and give me 10TB of space.
However, I don't want to lay out hundreds of pounds for a Server 2016 license. I don't have a spare Windows 10 license, and if it's the same as 7/8/8.1, 10 won't support tiered spaces anyway (you could read from them but not create them in earlier versions).
So, I'm thinking I install 2016RTM to a random drive, optimize the pool, then drop back, but will this update it in some way that makes it unreadable back on 2012r2?
Could I do the same with Windows 10? Can it optimize the pool even though it's tiered?
An obscure question I know, but if anyone could help I'd appreciate it!!