2. Windows Server 2019 is GA !!
Update on Windows Server 2019 availability
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2018/11/13/update-on-
windows-server-2019-availability/
8. Spec
The very latest from Intel
12 x Intel® S2600WFT
✓ 384 GiB (12 x 32 GiB) memory
✓ 2 x 28-core future Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor
✓ 1.5 TB Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory as cache
✓ 32 TB NVMe (4 x 8TB Intel® DC P4510) as capacity
✓ 2 x Mellanox ConnectX-4 25 Gbps
The very latest from Microsoft
✓ Windows Server 2019
✓ Insider Preview, build 17713
✓ Hyper-V + Storage Spaces Direct
9. Mirror-accelerated parity 高速化
Capacity efficiency in %
Storage performance in IOPS
* Mirror-accelerated parity outperforms dual parity, especially in Windows Server 2019, but three-way mirror remains the clear performance leader.
* Three-way mirror has 33.3% storage efficiency. Dual parity starts at 50.0% and goes up to 80.0%. Mirror-accelerated parity is in between.
Three-way mirror
Dual parity
Mirror-accelerated parity
Three-way mirror
Dual parity
Mirror-accelerated parity
+100% with WS2019
11. Dedup & ReFS
Resilient File System (ReFS)
Recommend for Storage Spaces Direct
✓ Detect and correct corruptions
✓ Mirror-accelerated parity
Great features for Hyper-V
✓ Faster VHDX creation / expansion
✓ VHDX checkpoint integration
Learn more at aka.ms/refs
Data Deduplication
Highly optimized
✓ Outside of IO path (post-processing)
✓ Variable-size chunk store
✓ Multi-threaded
Highly scalable
✓ Volumes up to 64 TB
✓ Files up to 1 TB
Learn more at aka.ms/dedup
13. Scale
Limit / Recommendation Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 Increase
Max servers per cluster 16 16 -
Max drives per cluster 416 416 -
Max raw capacity per cluster 1 PB 4 PB 4x
Max raw capacity per server 100 TB 400 TB 4x
Max number of volumes 32 64 2x
Max size per volume 32 TB 64 TB 2x
14. 運用をより効率的に
Windows Admin Center
Performance history
Visibility and alerts for flaky drives
PowerShell improvements
19. Launch Schedule
WSSD General AvailabilityEcosystem Readiness Window
Mid-January, 2019
WSSD Launch Event
Mid-October, 2018
Windows Server GA
Important Note:
認定ソリューションリリースまで、Windows Server 2019 環境で S2D を有効化しようとすると以下のメッセージが表示される
“Microsoft recommends deploying SDDC features on WSSD certified hardware […] available in the coming months.”
20. 詳細は
Microsoft Ignite 2018
BRK2231 - Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Server 2019
BRK2232 - Jumpstart your hyper-converged infrastructure deployment with
Windows Server
BRK2036 - From Hyper-V to hyper-converged infrastructure
with Windows Admin Center
BRK2241 - Windows Server 2019 Deep Dive
Microsoft Tech Summit 2018
CI18 - Windows Server 2019 の Hyper-Converged Infrastructure 関連機能を少しだ
け Deep Dive
21. Blog
Hyper-converged infrastructure in Windows Server 2019 – the countdown clock
starts now!
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2018/10/02/hci-the-countdown-clock-
starts-now/
The new HCI industry record: 13.7 million IOPS with Windows Server 2019 and
Intel Optane DC persistent memory
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2018/10/30/windows-server-2019-and-
intel-optane-dc-persistent-memory/