How does Windows 8 set storage space?

The new features of storage space will make up a data pool with a physical storage facility. This data pool will be created using SATA, USB, and SAS hard drives and can use additional hardware extensions. These virtual hard disks, called "spaces", can extend 4TB storage space to 10TB. These storage spaces also provide an elastic layer to solve the problem of errors in different physical media. Microsoft said in an official statement that users need fewer settings to increase the capacity of the storage pool as needed.

This "storage space" can be increased as users replicate more files and are close to the limits of the available physical capacity in the storage pool. Microsoft also explained the steps needed to add a new hard drive. Once a user has successfully created a storage space, it can be used as if the operator normally uses a hard disk. Another benefit of this feature is that once a physical hard drive fails, this "storage pool" can automatically generate a copy of the data in the affected place.

Operation Steps:

1, open the computer, the computer-open the Control Panel;

2, view the way set to "large icon";

3. Create a new pool and storage space, creating a storage pool;

4, the choice of mobile hard disk, create pool, creating a storage pool, note if the mobile hard disk has important data to be backed up, or not after the creation.

5, the creation process

6, create storage space, select the elastic mechanism and other options, as part of creating space, users can assign a letter and take formatting;

6.1 The first elastic mechanism: a simple layout that stores a copy of the data and does not protect you from a drive failure, this type of elasticity requires at least one drive;

6.2 Second elastic mechanism: bidirectional mirror Image layout stores replicated data, protects you from a drive failure, this elastic type requires at least two drives;

6.3 Third elasticity mechanism: three times mirror layout stores replicated data, this system can tolerate two physical disk failure, this type of elasticity requires at least three drives;

6.4 The last one for extra check space, click "Create a storage space" and select parity (parity bit) in Layout options: Parity stores your data layout and parity, allowing one physical disk to fail. This layout requires at least three drives;

As an example of creating the first:

7. Create a successful interface:

The state of the computer and Disk Management disk interfaces before the creation:

Status of the computer and Disk Management disk interfaces after creation:

You can see that we have half the hard drive space, because half of it is used as "data for a single copy of the layout store".

8, Delete method: Enter the storage space, click Change Settings;

First Remove storage space

And then remove the storage pool

Deletion completed.