When I want to explain Windows Storage Spaces (formerly known as Windows Storage Pools), I always refer to RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks). Almost every IT Admin is familiar with the concept of RAID technology. Let’s take a moment to refresh our memory.
RAID is a hardware-based technology that provides data redundancy and improves disk performance. While RAID is typically associated with hardware-based solutions, software-based RAID implementations are also available. When using RAID, multiple physical or virtual disks are combined to create a single logical volume.
On the other hand, Windows Storage Spaces is a software-based technology combining multiple physical and virtual disks to provide data redundancy and improve performance. Windows Storage Spaces doesn’t come as a hardware-based implementation.
