1. Window Storage Server 2012 R2

2. Great Storage Improvements with 2012!
Windows Server & Windows Storage Server 2012
Storage Spaces
64-node clusters
64-node clusters
SMB3
SMB3
Scale-Out File Server
Scale-Out File Server
8,000 VMs per Cluster
8,000 VMs per Cluster
Offload Data Transfer
Offload Data Transfer
Dedup
Dedup
Hyper-V Replica
Hyper-V Replica
Virtual Fibre Channel
Virtual Fibre Channel
VM Prioritization
ReFS
Cluster-Aware Updating
iSCSI Target Server
VM Storage Migration
VHDX
SM API
SMI-S Storage Service
NFS 4.1
NTFS Trim / Unmap
CSVFS online CHKDSK

3. New Approach to Storage
Strategic shifts to reducing storage costs with Windows Server 2012 Software-Defined Storage
File Based Storage
High Performance SMB Protocol for SQL Server and Hyper-V Storage over Ethernet networks
Storage
Spaces
Cost-Effective Business Critical Storage

4. New Storage Features in 2012 R2
Software-Defined Storage Appliances
Continuously Available File and Block Storage
Synchronization: Work Folders and DFS-R
Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
Storage Spaces with SSD tiering and caching
New Storage Management APIs
End to end storage management with SCVMM
Simple Setup and Configuration (OOBE)
Protocol Improvements: SMB 3.0 and iSCSI Target

5. WSS 2012 R2 Workgroup vs. WSS 2012 R2 Standard
Hardware
Maximum # CPU’s and VM rights
1 + 0
2 + 2
Maximum Memory
32 GB
Unlimited
# Disks 6
Hardware RAID
Yes
Users
Concurrent SMB Connections
250
# Users 50
Software Features
File sharing (SMB & NFS)
Online Backup
DFS-Replication, Work Folders
File Classification Infrastructure (FCI)
File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
Domain Join
Shared block storage (iSCSI Target + Boot)
OEM Customizable Out of Box Experience
Spaces
Deduplication No
BranchCache - Hosted Cache
Virtualization
Host + 2 VM
Clustering (including AD/DNS)
Simplified Cluster Setup
Networking Infra (DHCP, DNS & WINS)
AD Roles including Domain Controller (RODC)
Differentiators:
Key Workgroup Limits:
50 Users
250 SMB Connectiond
1 Socket
32GB RAM
6 Disks, no external SAS
Premium Features In Standard:
Deduplication
Hosted BranchCache
Clustering
Virtualization Rights
Network infrastructure for a branch office
WSS Features Removed:
Domain Controller, Certificate Services, Federation Services, Rights Management
Application Server, Network Policy Server, Terminal Services, WDS and Fax Server

6. R2 Work Folders

7. Introducing Work Folders
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Introducing Work Folders
Allow information workers to access their individual data
… that is centrally located on a traditional file server
… from all of their devices
… from wherever they are
… while remaining in compliance with policies
Highlights
Extension of file server functionality
Centralize, protect and manage data
Encryption of data in transit and at rest
Easily separate work and personal data
Simple, intuitive user experience
Not part of Work Folders
Consumer service
Public cloud service
Structured collaboration
Sync arbitrary file shares
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8. Work Folders Deployment
Authentication
Kerberos (Windows Auth)
Digest (Windows Auth)
ADFS (OAuth)
Device management policy
Limit access to registered devices
File encryption / selective wipe
Require password / device lock
Active Directory
Contoso.com
File Server
Reverse Proxy
Server can be deployed as an A/P failover cluster
Server must be DJ (not clients)
Requires NTFS (server and client) for new change notification
Clients connect over SSL from outside through proxy / inside directly or through proxy
AD for Windows authentication (Kerberos / Digest)
Option for ADFS authentication: 1) multi-forest support through app proxy, 2) MFA, 3) limit sync to registered devices
Other device management policies
Extension of file server => all data management
User Devices
Data management
Quotas
File screens
Reporting
Classification
RMS protection
User Devices
Corporate Environment

9. SMB 3.0

10. IaaS Vision – SMB3 is a key component
Dramatically lowering the costs and effort of delivering Private Clouds
Disaggregated compute and storage
Independent manage and scale at each layer
Industry standard servers, networking and storage
Inexpensive networks
Inexpensive shared JBOD storage
Hyper-V Clusters
SMB3
Scale-Out File Server Clusters
Storage Spaces Virtualization and Resiliency
System Center
Shared JBOD Storage

11. SMB3 – File Server Features
SMB Transparent Failover - Continuous availability
SMB Scale-Out – Active/active clusters with auto-rebalancing
SMB Multichannel – Network fault tolerance and throughput
SMB Direct (SMB over RDMA) - Low latency, low CPU utilization
SMB Encryption – Security in flight, without IPSec or PKI
Directory Leasing – Coherent caching of file and folder metadata
VSS for SMB File Shares – Application-consistent backup/restore
SMB PowerShell and VMM Support – Manage and automate

12. More information
Technet - SMB Overview
Blog –

13. R2 Distributed File System Replication (DFSR)

14. DFSR in Windows Server 2012 R2
Management
Performance
Reliability
Scalability

15. DFSR drill down Windows PowerShell WMI v2 Cloning
Supported Limits
Cloning
Cross-file RDC disable & staging tune
Database merge and auto-recover
Restore preserved

16. Cluster Shared Volumes in R2

17. Access to storage from any node despite physical storage connectivity
Cluster Shared Volumes in Windows Server 2012 R2 Enables the Private Cloud
Access to storage from any node despite physical storage connectivity
Common namespace that is consistent across all servers
Resilient and Reliable

18. Cluster Shared Volumes in Windows Server 2012 R2 Enhancements
Automatic distribution across servers
Scale out file server optimization
Rebalancing of CSV ownership
SMB improvements
Dedicated SMB instances for CSV traffic
Storage feature integration
Dedupe, Tiering, ReFS, ….
More
Virtual disk (storage pools)
CSV read cache

19. R2 Storage Spaces
Scott M. Johnson Senior Program Manager Windows Storage Server

20. Infrastructure-as-a-Service Storage Vision
TechEd 2013
4/15/2017 7:05 AM
Infrastructure-as-a-Service Storage Vision
Dramatically lowering the costs and effort of delivering IaaS storage services
Disaggregated compute + storage
Independent manage and scale at each layer
Industry standard servers, networking and storage
Inexpensive networks
Inexpensive shared JBOD storage
Hyper-V Clusters
SMB
Scale-Out File Server Clusters
Storage Spaces Virtualization and Resiliency
PowerShell & SCVMM 2012 R2 Management
How to lower costs and effort of providing storage?
Disconnect / disaggregate compute and storage from each other. They are not longer tied together.
Use industry standard hardware wherever possible. No proprietary servers, disks or interconnects.
Use commodity disks
Regular servers configured as clusters
Powershell management / SCVMM all backed by SMIS
Shared JBOD Storage
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21. Familiar deployment model
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4/15/2017 7:05 AM
Familiar deployment model
Traditional storage
with FC/iSCSI storage array
Windows file server cluster
with storage spaces
Hyper-V compute nodes
Hyper-V compute nodes
FC/iSCSI
(Block)
SMB direct
(File)
Embedded CPUs and controllers
(proprietary hardware)
Firstly, deploying a windows file server cluster with spaces is a familiar notion, no different architecturally than a deployment with traditional storage.
At the component level, there is little architectural difference, where traditional storage has a collection of disk shelves, some embedded storage compute, and this is similarly so with a windows file server cluster, with a collection of shared SAS JBODs, and again some storage compute. The major difference here is that the intelligence is that on one side you have commodity servers which are easily serviceable, upgradable to handle new capabilities and data needs, and on the other you have proprietary embedded CPUs running an embedded operating system.
Both deployments connect to the very same Hyper-V compute nodes through a high-speed network interconnect, but the real difference here is the protocol used to communicate. With traditional storage, you would talk block, where you unmask a LUN to your hyper-v compute and the workload runs on that LUN. With the windows file server cluster, you would talk file through SMB Direct, where storage is shared from the clustered file servers in a unified namespace, and your workload runs atop that namespace.
Top-down the deployment is very similar
Windows file server cluster
(Industry Standard hardware)
FC/SAS disk shelf
Storage compute
Shared SAS JBOD
Storage compute
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22. Scale out file server cluster
Private Cloud Storage
Hyper V
SMB
Scale out file server cluster
Initially we have a bunch of standard disks [CLICK]
This block based storage is exposed to Windows Server through [CLICK] Storage Spaces. Storage Spaces groups these disks into pools and presents each Storage Space as a standard drive in Windows. This gives you benefits in performance, flexibility, scalability, and availability.
Scale-Out File Server [CLICK] is an Active-Active server cluster that can benefit from the performance and availability of Storage Spaces. Scale-Out File Server itself will provide the reliability, availability, performance and manageability of a SAN for application data.
The Scale-Out File Server cluster is ideal for storage of application data including [CLICK] virtual machines. Hyper-V will communicate with the Scale-Out File Server using the [CLICK] SMB protocol using its transparent failover functionality.
This solution provides very high levels of availability, performance, scalability, and manageability, and is built without the need for specialist hardware.
Storage space
Storage space
Storage space
Block storage
Storage pool
Storage pool
Storage pool

23. Disk resiliency with storage spaces
Simple
Data is striped across disks.
Mirror
Data mirrored to a duplicate disk.
Two and three-way mirroring.
Mirrored configuration with clustering for workloads.
Parity
Data striped to all-but one of the disks. The remaining disk contains a checksum bit enabling data to be generated for a failed disk.
Parity with clustering for archives.

24. Hybrid storage pools & tiered storage
SSDs and HDDs used as different tiers.
Windows automatically tracks data temperature and moves them at sub-file level.
Write-back cache improves performance for real-world workloads.
Only hot regions of a file (VHD, database, etc.) need to move to SSDs, the cold regions can reside on HDDs.
Ability to pin files to different tiers
Hot data
Cold data
[CLICK] Hot data is data that changes frequently and is stored on the faster, but more expensive, solid state drives. All data starts as hot data. [CLICK]Cold data is data that changes infrequently and is stored on the slower, but cheaper, hard disk drives.
[CLICK] If cold data becomes hot it will be automatically moved to the solid state drives, and if [CLICK] hot data becomes cold it is moved to the hard disk drives.
Ratio – cost performance ratios – 4 – 12 SDDs to HDDs in a 60 drive JBOD. It depends for your own needs and the number of drive slots for best $ to IOPs ratio.
Exchange support to be announced with the exchange team. A number of workloads are being tested.
Tracking heat in 1 MB chunks of files. Don’t want to randomize too much data acess partern. This seems to be the right ration based on our tests. Data movements and analysis are a daily scheduled task at 1 AM. You can do it more frequently or can change the times involves.
Post Optimization report on what data is on the SSDs and what is on HDDs.
Tiered space
Hybrid storage pool
SSDs
HDDs

25. R2 Data Deduplication

26. 2012 R2 Data Deduplication Post-processing approach:
Efficiently store, transfer and back up fewer bits.
Transparently removes duplication, without changing access semantics.
Post-processing approach:
Optimization jobs identify files.
Chunking algorithm is applied to the files.
Chunks are inserted into a chunk store and selectively compressed.
Original files are replaced with reparse points.
Remove primary data stream.

27. Use dedup for VDI storage
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Use dedup for VDI storage
Hyper-V VDI
Scale-out File Server
Dedup
Spaces-Based Virtualized Storage
VHD
SMB
Cluster Shared Volumes
Dramatically lowering the costs and effort of delivering IaaS storage services
Disaggregated compute and storage
Independent manage and scale at each layer
Industry standard servers, networking and storage
Inexpensive networks
Inexpensive shared JBOD storage
Requirements for dedup of VDI VMs
Storage must be remotely connected to compute machines
VDI Personal Desktops is the primary supported scenario
Yes, CSV volumes are now supported
Improved optimization performance
Optimization of open files
Improved read/write performance
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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

28. Resources WSS Blog Deployment Guide WSS 2012 Datasheet
Deployment Guide
WSS 2012 Datasheet
OEM Training Zone

29. WSS 2012 R2 Licensing

30. Storage Server – Summary
Windows Storage Server R2 Standard : Cont. Avail. Clustered Storage for File Serving and Application Storage
Hero SKU:
How to buy:
Preinstall, ROK - No retail WSS SKU available
Create cost-effective, continuously-available storage appliances
Deployment services and Tech Support services for life of the product
Sell additional Memory, HD capacity, storage management applications, Backup Cloud Services, etc.
Selling highly available storage dense server solutions
Partner Opportunity:
Selling Motion:
OEM Server vendors , Appliance vendors, Reseller community
Resources:

31. Windows Storage Server 2012 R2
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32. Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Editions
Simplified Offerings
Standard: available in DOEM and Embedded (2 VM/2Proc limits)
Standard Additional License (add 2VMs/2 Proc): available in DOEM and Embedded.
Workgroup: available in Embedded only
STANDARD
Solution Cost
Continuously Availability
WORKGROUP
One of our goals in the Windows Server cycle is to make it easier for our customers and partners to consume our innovations. Where as in the past we have had a multitude of SKU’s, narrowly carving out the segments, in this cycle we will be simplifying our offerings to two. We will talk about the feature differentiation in a bit.
Workgroup – targeted at the Entry Level NAS Segment with the ability to build some scale up NAS boxes. The target for this offering is the commercial entry level boxes.
Standard – the fundamental shift is that clustering will now be available in standard giving you the opportunity to take advantage the full breadth of CA innovations. With the price point that we are able to offer together now with WSS8, CA NAS can now be brought down in price to make it attractive to the single node scale up systems opening up the opportunity to sell CA systems at to an expanded market
No Continuous Availability
Segments
Entry Level NAS
Scale Up NAS
CA NAS

33. WSS 2012 R2 Workgroup vs. WSS 2012 R2 Standard
Hardware
Maximum # CPU’s and VM rights
1 + 0
2 + 2
Maximum Memory
32 GB
Unlimited
# Disks 6
Hardware RAID
Yes
Users
Concurrent SMB Connections
250
# Users 50
Software Features
File sharing (SMB & NFS)
Online Backup
DFS-Replication
File Classification Infrastructure (FCI)
File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
Domain Join
Shared block storage (iSCSI Target + Boot)
OEM Customizable Out of Box Experience
Spaces
Deduplication No
BranchCache - Hosted Cache
Virtualization
Host + 2 VM
Clustering (including AD/DNS)
Simplified Cluster Setup
Networking Infra (DHCP, DNS & WINS)
AD Roles including Domain Controller (RODC)
Differentiators:
Key Workgroup Limits:
50 Users
250 SMB Connectiond
1 Socket
32GB RAM
6 Disks, no external SAS
Premium Features In Standard:
Deduplication
Hosted BranchCache
Clustering
Virtualization Rights
Network infrastructure for a branch office
WSS Features Removed:
Domain Controller, Certificate Services, Federation Services, Rights Management
Application Server, Network Policy Server, Terminal Services, WDS and Fax Server
Note: Unless specifically mentioned all limits are technical limits

34. Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Editions
2 OS Editions (Workgroup and Standard)
19 Full Edition Language DVDs and Language Packs English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, Chinese-Hong Kong, Italian, Dutch, Korean, Polish, Hungarian, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Czech
8 Evaluation DVDs available on the download center Chinese Simplified, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
Editions and Offerings
Workgroup Edition
Standard Edition
OEM Embedded Direct
OEM Embedded Indirect
OEM Royalty (NEW)
MSDN
TechNet
MPN
MAP

35. Windows Server Management Marketing
4/15/2017
Licensing Comparison
Windows Storage Server 2012
Workgroup
Windows Storage Server 2012
Standard
Windows Storage Server 2012 R2
Workgroup
Windows Storage Server 2012 R2
Standard
Features
Processor Support 1 64
Memory
32 GB
4TB
Virtual Instances
1 or 1 2
# of Disks
6, No external SAS
Unlimited
Clustering No
Yes
Licensing
License Coverage
1 processor
Up to 2 processor
Users 50
Channels
EMB
ROY/EMB
ROK Program NA
ROY Only
iSCSI Target
Features 1 64
32 GB
4TB
1 or 1 2
6, No external SAS
Unlimited No
Yes
Licensing
1 processor
Up to 2 processor 50
EMB
ROY/EMB NA
ROY Only
Do we want to cover stacking : Do the policy team slides on Stacking cover WSS .
Additions/Enhancements
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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

36. Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Standard ROK
How ROK works:
WSS Standard & WSS 2012 R2 Standard Edition is available on ROK 1 3 4 2
OEM ships server to distributor without an OS installed.
OEM ships Windows Server ROK directly to distributor.
Distributor offers OEM server hardware with OEM Windows Server ROK to resellers.
Reseller orders ROK kits and hardware from distributor, and may maintain inventory on premises. Reseller affixes the COA, installs the OS if requested and ships to the customer. 36
Note: While customer can install OS, distributor or reseller must affix COA before server and ROK are sent to customer. Software does not have to be preinstalled.