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Module 06: Storage

Level: L300 | Duration: 4 hours | Prerequisites: Module 05 | Hands-on: Lab

Module Status

Framework module — content in development.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) architecture
  • Configure and manage volumes, storage pools, and disks
  • Choose appropriate disk types (HDD, SSD, NVMe, PM) and cache configuration
  • Configure fault tolerance — mirror, parity, and nested resiliency
  • Understand ReFS and storage efficiency features
  • Monitor S2D health, ReSync, and performance

Topics

  1. Storage Spaces Direct Architecture
  2. Storage Pool, Virtual Disks, Volumes
  3. Disk Types and Cache — HDD, SSD, NVMe, PM
  4. Fault Tolerance — two-way mirror, three-way mirror, parity, nested resiliency
  5. ReFS — resilient file system on S2D
  6. Storage Efficiency — dedup, compression
  7. Storage ReSync — what triggers it, monitoring, operational impact
  8. Volume Management — create, resize, retire
  9. Monitoring Storage Health — Azure Monitor, counters, alerts

Hands-on

Lab: Create a new volume with selected resiliency. Inspect cache and tier allocation. Trigger a ReSync. Monitor health and alerts.

IaC: Bicep templates in labs/iac/06-storage/.