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+====== Storate Spaces ======
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+====== adding drives to a storage pool ======
+<WRAP center round box >
+Here are the instructions for adding drives to a storage pool named "GPStoragePool01" using the Server Manager interface, followed by running the `Optimize-StoragePool` PowerShell command:
+### **Adding Drives to a Storage Pool using Server Manager**
+. **Open Server Manager:**
+   - Press `Windows Key + S` and type "Server Manager" in the search bar.
+   - Click on "Server Manager" to open it.
+. **Navigate to File and Storage Services:**
+   - In the left-hand pane, click on "File and Storage Services."
+   - Under "File and Storage Services," click on "Storage Pools."
+. **Select the Storage Pool:**
+   - In the "Storage Pools" section, find and select your storage pool named "GPStoragePool01."
+. **Add Physical Disks:**
+   - Click on "Tasks" next to "Physical Disks" and select "Add Physical Disk."
+   - A new window will appear showing the available physical disks that are not part of any storage pool.
+   - Select the disk(s) you want to add to the storage pool.
+   - Click "OK" to add the selected disks to the pool.
+. **Confirm the Addition:**
+   - Once the disks are added, the storage pool’s total capacity will increase, reflecting the newly added disk(s).
+### **Optimizing the Storage Pool using PowerShell**
+. **Open PowerShell as Administrator:**
+   - Press `Windows Key + X` and select "Windows PowerShell (Admin)" from the menu.
+. **Run the Optimize-StoragePool Command:**
+   - In the PowerShell window, type the following command and press `Enter`:
+     ```powershell
+     Optimize-StoragePool -FriendlyName "GPStoragePool01"
+     ```
+   - This command will optimize the storage pool, ensuring that the newly added space is properly allocated and ready for use.
+### **Final Steps:**
+- After running the `Optimize-StoragePool` command, you should be able to expand existing virtual disks or create new ones using the additional space in the storage pool.
+By following these steps, you can efficiently add new drives to your storage pool and ensure that the system optimizes the available space for use.
+</WRAP>
 ====== storage spaces how does mirror work ======
 From: https://www.howtogeek.com/109380/how-to-use-windows-8s-storage-spaces-to-mirror-combine-drives/
+From: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-storage-spaces-windows-10
 <code>
-If you’ll be using mirroring or parity to protect against data loss, we recommend choosing ReFS for its file integrity protection features.
+If you’ll be using mirroring or parity to protect against data loss, we recommend
+choosing ReFS for its file integrity protection features.
 </code>
+====== tiered storage spaces windows 10 ======
+From: https://serverfault.com/questions/770472/mixing-disks-of-different-sizes-in-a-storage-spaces-pool
+Also: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11382.storage-spaces-frequently-asked-questions-faq.aspx#What_are_columns_and_how_does_Storage_Spaces_decide_how_many_to_use
+Also:
+<code>
+These are the document you are looking for:What are columns and how does Storage Spaces decide how many to use? and Storage Spaces - Designing for Performance and Storage Spaces: Understanding Storage Pool Expansion
+I will start by quoting two things from the articles provided:
+"Note Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2 and earlier by default uses the largest column count possible given the number of disks you have and the resiliency type you select." a
+"To extend [a storage pool], it would need the appropriate number of columns available to accommodate the layout of the disk." b
+In other words: If you add physical disks to a storage pool, Windows keeps the amount of columns in said pool. Each row of disks you add must provide one disk per column.
+</code>
+====== Storage Spaces: Understanding Storage Pool Expansion ======
+From: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askpfeplat/2013/09/24/storage-spaces-understanding-storage-pool-expansion/
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+<code>
+Get-VirtualDisk can tell you many things about a virtual disk you’ve created within a storage pool.
+Given no parameters it will display the virtual disks it finds with some basic status information.
+However, you don’t get the full picture.  If you pipe the returned objects to Format-List, you’ll
+get much more detail…perhaps more than you want.
+</code>
+====== Storage Spaces Direct S2D ======
+From: https://www.petri.com/what-is-microsoft-storage-spaces-direct
+<code>
+Also: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/storage-spaces-direct-overview
+S2D is a cluster that’s made of up servers with direct-attached storage (DAS). The supported disks include SAS HDDs and SSDs of the past, but S2D also supports:
+    SATA disks: HHDs and SSDs can be very affordable
+    NVMe: Non-Volatile Memory Express disks PCIe connected SSDs that offer huge amounts of IOPS, where one model I checked out offers up to 122,000 IOPS.
+</code>