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You want to deploy Storage Spaces Direct on Windows Server. As a part of the process, you have deployed the Windows Server and Configured the network. Now, the next step is to configure Storage Spaces

The correct answer is F. All of these. All listed sub-steps are recommended when configuring Storage Spaces Direct as part of a Windows Server deployment.

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Question

You want to deploy Storage Spaces Direct on Windows Server. As a part of the process, you have deployed the Windows Server and Configured the network. Now, the next step is to configure Storage Spaces Direct. From the below list, choose the sub-steps that are recommended to perform to complete the step.

Options

  • AClean your drives to ensure that the drives are empty
  • BConfiguring a cluster witness
  • CEnabling Storage Spaces Direct
  • DCreating the volumes
  • EDeploying virtual machines for hyper-converged deployments
  • FAll of these

How the community answered

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  • C
    8% (2)
  • D
    4% (1)
  • E
    4% (1)
  • F
    85% (22)

Why each option

All listed sub-steps are recommended when configuring Storage Spaces Direct as part of a Windows Server deployment.

AClean your drives to ensure that the drives are empty

Cleaning drives alone is only one sub-step and does not represent the complete configuration process.

BConfiguring a cluster witness

Configuring a cluster witness is one required sub-step but not the full set needed to complete Storage Spaces Direct configuration.

CEnabling Storage Spaces Direct

Enabling Storage Spaces Direct is necessary but only one of multiple sequential sub-steps required.

DCreating the volumes

Creating volumes follows enabling S2D and is one sub-step, not the complete configuration process.

EDeploying virtual machines for hyper-converged deployments

Deploying virtual machines applies to hyper-converged deployments but is only one of multiple required sub-steps.

FAll of theseCorrect

Microsoft's official guidance for configuring Storage Spaces Direct includes cleaning drives to remove existing data, enabling the S2D feature, creating volumes, configuring a cluster witness for quorum, and deploying virtual machines for hyper-converged scenarios - making all listed options applicable and required parts of the process.

Concept tested: Storage Spaces Direct deployment sub-steps

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/deploy-storage-spaces-direct

Topics

#Storage Spaces Direct#Windows Server Clustering#High Availability#Hyper-converged Infrastructure

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