2. Speaker Bio
• Consultant & MVP
• INOVATIV – The System Center Specialists
• System Center, Hyper-V, Cluster, MS Private Cloud
• Cluster MVP (2009, 2010, 2011)
• Active in Hyper-V community: Hyper-V.nu
• Author & Editor
• Mastering Hyper-V Deployment (Technical Editor)
• Microsoft Private Cloud Computing: Building the Foundation (Co-Author)
• Contact
• hans.vredevoort@inovativ.nl | @hvredevoort | @hypervnu
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4. Windows 8 Hyper-V & Storage
Showing Live Storage Migration between SMB2 shares
Deploying to Continuously Available SMB2 File Shares
Employing Cluster Shared Volumes 2
Configuring ScaleOut File Server Cluster
Serving Out iSCSI Targets to Windows 8 Cluster
Using Windows 8 File Services with Pools & Spaces
Creating VHDX & Hyper-V guests via PowerShell
7. The new VHDX virtual disk format
• New VHDX format for Hyper-V & Win8 Storage
• Large virtual disk size (~ 16TB per VHDX)
• Large default block sizes (1MB 32MB 256MB)
• Large 4KB sector size (logical + physical same size)
• Performant
• Mountable
• Resilient
• Convertible
• Scriptable
9. File Services with Pools & Spaces
• Pool is an aggregation of disks
• Create virtual disks
• Virtual disks = Spaces
• Virtual disk behaves like a physical disk
– Supports Thin provisioning
– Resiliency to failures of physical disks
10. Integrated iSCSI Target Server
• ISCSI Target Server
• Optional component of Windows 8 File Server Role
• Easy serving of iSCSI disks
• Hardware independent
• Cluster Support
• CSV Support
• PowerShell Support
14. Deployment Options for Hyper-V
• Two separate clusters • Single cluster for VM’s
– Cluster to host VMs and storage
– Cluster to host storage – VMs can run anywhere
– Single CSV namespace
15. Cluster Shared Volumes 2
• Appears as CSVFS
• For Hyper-V + other roles
• Easy to add a disk to CSV
• Higher scalability and reliability
• Better interoperability with FS mini-filter drivers
• Deep integration with Win8 storage & network technologies
• No external authentication
• Direct I/O for more scenarios
• Multi-subnet Support
16. Cluster Shared Volumes 2
• High Speed CSV I/O Redirection
• CSV is integrated with SMB multi-channel
– CSV traffic across multiple networks
– Improved I/O performance when in redirected mode
• CSV takes advantage of SMB2 Direct (SMB2 over RDMA)
17. Ideal Configuration
Hyper-V 1 Hyper-V 2
DC/DNS
Eth NIC IB NIC Eth NIC IB NIC
Eth NIC
Ethernet Switch IB Switch
Eth NIC IB NIC Eth NIC IB NIC
File Server 1 File Server 2
SAS HBA 1 SAS HBA 2 SAS HBA 1 SAS HBA 2
IO Module IO Module
JBOD 1 1 2 3 4 5
… 9 1 2 3 4 5
… 9 JBOD 2
18. Demo Configuration
• Hyper-V
Hyper-V • File Server
• iSCSI Target
Ethernet NIC
Virtual Network
vNIC File Cluster vNIC
vNIC
DC/DNS File Server 1 File Server 2
• File Server • File Server
• Continuously • Continuously
Available Available
Shares
1 2 3 4
…5 9
Shares
…
Clustered Virtual Disks
19. Windows 8 Hyper-V & Storage
Showing Live Storage Migration between SMB2 shares
Deploying to Continuously Available SMB2 File Shares
Employing Cluster Shared Volumes 2
Configuring ScaleOut File Server Cluster
Serving Out iSCSI Targets to Windows 8 Cluster
Using Windows 8 File Services with Pools & Spaces
Creating VHDX & Hyper-V guests via PowerShell
20. Big thanks for attending!!
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