Reference Guide

Figure 10. Volumes: Inventory tab
Creating volumes in Storage Spaces Direct
About this task
Create volumes in Storage Spaces Direct in Windows Admin Center as follows.
Steps
1. Go to Volumes > Inventory.
2. Click Create.
The Create volume window is displayed.
3. Enter the volume name, resiliency, and size of the volume, and then click Create.
The volume is created.
Managing volumes
About this task
Open, expand, delete, or make a volume offline as follows.
Steps
1. Go to Volumes > Inventory.
2. Click the volume name.
3. Click Open to open the volume folder.
4. Click Offline or Delete to make the volume offline, or to delete the volume.
5. Click Expand to expand the volume.
The Expand volume window is displayed.
6. Enter the additional size of the volume.
7. Select the volume size from the drop-down list and click Expand.
Enabling data deduplication on Storage Spaces Direct
About this task
Data deduplication helps to maximize free space on the volume by optimizing duplicated portions on the volume without compromising
data fidelity or integrity.
NOTE:
To enable data deduplication on an HCI cluster, ensure that the data deduplication feature is enabled on all the
cluster nodes. To enable the data deduplication feature, run the following PowerShell command: Install-
WindowsFeature FS-Data-Deduplication.
Enable data deduplication and compression on a Storage Spaces Direct volume as follows.
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