Step-by-step for Storage Spaces Tiering in Windows Server 2012 R2

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原文地址：
　　http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2013/08/28/step-by-step-for-storage-spaces-tiering-in-windows-server-2012-r2.aspx
　　转发后无法正常查看，建议查看原文，非常细致，全篇实用PowerShell，看懂了可以使用图形界面，当然有些配置和状态还是要通过命令行来查看的。如果无法访问，可以附件文档。
1.Overview
　　Inthisdocument,IamsharingallthestepsIusedtocreateademoortestenvironmentofastoragespacewithstoragetiersonWindowsServer2012R2Previewsothatyoucanexperimentwithsomeofthenewtechnologiesyourself.YouneedonlyasinglecomputerwithoneSSDandoneHDDforthisdemo(thespecsareprovidedbelow).
　　Ifyou'renotfamiliarwithStorageSpacesorstoragetiers(alsoknownasStorageSpacesTiering),IwouldstrongencourageyoutoreviewtheStorageSpacesOverviewandTechEd2013talkson“StorageSpaces”,whichyoucanfindbelow:

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　　However,ifyou’rejustexperimentingwiththisfeatureortryingtolearnhowtoconfigureit,theinvestmentinthehardware(1JBOD,4SSDs,8HDDs,SASHBA,cables)mightbeholdingyouback.So,inthisblogpost,we’llshowhowtoconfigurestoragetiersusingjustoneSSDandoneHDD,withthehelpofHyper-V.Here’swhatthesimulatedenvironmentlookslike:

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　　OnecomputercapableofrunningtheWindowsServer2012R2PreviewandHyper-V.
　　Onthatcomputer,oneSSDwithatleast50GBoffreespaceavailable.
　　Onthatcomputer,oneHDDwithatleast250GBoffreespaceavailable.
　　AsrequiredbyHyper-V,enablethevirtualizationsettingsintheBIOS.Fordetails,checkthisblogpost:and
　　Forthissetup,thecomputershouldhaveatleast4GBofRAM.
　　An8GBUSBstick,ifyou’reinstallingWindowsServerfromUSBandcopyingthedownloadedsoftwarearound
　　Youwillneedthefollowingsoftwaretoperformthestepsdescribedhere:
　　AcertainfamiliaritywithWindowsadministrationandconfigurationisassumed.Ifyou'renewtoWindows,thisdocumentisnotforyou.Sorry...
　　Ifyouareaskedaquestionorrequiredtoperformanactionthatyoudonotseedescribedinthesesteps,gowiththedefaultoption.
　　Thereareusuallyseveralwaystoperformaspecificconfigurationoradministrationtask.WhatIdescribehereisoneofthosemanyways.It'snotnecessarilythebestway,justtheoneIpersonallylikebestatthemoment.
　　Forthemostpart,IusePowerShelltoconfigurethesystems.Youcanalsouseagraphicalinterfaceinstead,butIdidnotdescribethosestepshere.
　　ThespecificStorageSpacesconfigurationshowninthisblogpostisnotsupported.MicrosoftSupportwillonlyanswerquestionsandassistintroubleshootingconfigurationswhereStorageSpacesusesaphysicalmachine(notaVM)andusesoneofthecertifiedJBODhardwaresolutions(see)
　　Becauseoftheitemabove,theconfigurationdescribedhereshouldonlybeusedfordemos,testingorlearningenvironments.

4.Configurethephysicalhost
　　#Preparationsteps:InstallWindowServer2012R2Preview
　　#Installrequiredrolesandfeatures,restartattheend
　　Install-WindowsFeatureHyper-V-IncludeManagementTools–Restart
　　#Create4VHDXfilesontheSSDwith10GBeach
　　1..4|%{New-VHD-PathD:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_SSD_$_.VHDX-Fixed–Size10GB}
　　#Create8VHDXfilesontheHDDwith30GBeach
　　1..8|%{New-VHD-PathE:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_HDD_$_.VHDX-Fixed–Size30GB}
　　#CreateanewVM.AssumesyouhaveanWindowsServer2012R2OSVHDXinplace
　　New-VM-NameVMA-PathD:\\\\VMS–VHDPathD:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_OS.VHDX-Memory2GB
　　#AddalldatadiskstotheVM
　　1..4|%{Add-VMHardDiskDrive-VMNameVMA-ControllerTypeSCSI-PathD:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_SSD_$_.VHDX}
　　1..8|%{Add-VMHardDiskDrive-VMNameVMA-ControllerTypeSCSI-PathE:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_HDD_$_.VHDX}
　　#StarttheVM
　　Start-VMVMA
5.CheckVMconfiguration(fromtheHost,withoutput)
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-VMVMA
　　NameStateCPUUsage(%)MemoryAssigned(M)UptimeStatus
　　-------------------------------------------------
　　VMARunning0204800:01:52Operatingnormally
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-VMVMA|Get-VMHardDiskDrive
　　VMNameControllerTypeControllerNumberControllerLocationDiskNumberPath
　　--------------------------------------------------------------------
　　VMAIDE00D:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_OS.VHDX
　　VMASCSI00D:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_SSD_1.VHDX
　　VMASCSI01D:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_SSD_2.VHDX
　　VMASCSI02D:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_SSD_3.VHDX
　　VMASCSI03D:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_SSD_4.VHDX
　　VMASCSI04E:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_HDD_1.VHDX
　　VMASCSI05E:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_HDD_2.VHDX
　　VMASCSI06E:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_HDD_3.VHDX
　　VMASCSI07E:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_HDD_4.VHDX
　　VMASCSI08E:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_HDD_5.VHDX
　　VMASCSI09E:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_HDD_6.VHDX
　　VMASCSI010E:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_HDD_7.VHDX
　　VMASCSI011E:\\\\VMS\\\\VMA_HDD_8.VHDX

6.CheckVMconfiguration(fromtheGuest,withoutput)
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-PhysicalDisk|SortSize|FTDeviceId,FriendlyName,CanPool,Size,MediaType-AutoSize
　　DeviceIdFriendlyNameCanPoolSizeMediaType
　　----------------------------------------
　　2PhysicalDisk2True10737418240UnSpecified
　　4PhysicalDisk4True10737418240UnSpecified
　　3PhysicalDisk3True10737418240UnSpecified
　　1PhysicalDisk1True10737418240UnSpecified
　　12PhysicalDisk12True32212254720UnSpecified
　　11PhysicalDisk11True32212254720Unspecified
　　7PhysicalDisk7True32212254720Unspecified
　　6PhysicalDisk6True32212254720Unspecified
　　5PhysicalDisk5True32212254720Unspecified
　　10PhysicalDisk10True32212254720UnSpecified
　　9PhysicalDisk9True32212254720Unspecified
　　8PhysicalDisk8True32212254720Unspecified
　　0PhysicalDisk0False42949672960Unspecified
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-PhysicalDisk-CanPool$true|?Size-lt20GB|SortSize|FT-AutoSize
　　FriendlyNameCanPoolOperationalStatusHealthStatusUsageSize
　　---------------------------------------------------------
　　PhysicalDisk4TrueOKHealthyAuto-Select10GB
　　PhysicalDisk2TrueOKHealthyAuto-Select10GB
　　PhysicalDisk1TrueOKHealthyAuto-Select10GB
　　PhysicalDisk3TrueOKHealthyAuto-Select10GB
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-PhysicalDisk-CanPool$true|?Size-gt20GB|SortSize|FT-AutoSize
　　FriendlyNameCanPoolOperationalStatusHealthStatusUsageSize
　　---------------------------------------------------------
　　PhysicalDisk6TrueOKHealthyAuto-Select30GB
　　PhysicalDisk11TrueOKHealthyAuto-Select30GB
　　PhysicalDisk12TrueOKHealthyAuto-Select30GB
　　PhysicalDisk7TrueOKHealthyAuto-Select30GB
　　PhysicalDisk5TrueOKHealthyAuto-Select30GB
　　PhysicalDisk10TrueOKHealthyAuto-Select30GB
　　PhysicalDisk8TrueOKHealthyAuto-Select30GB
　　PhysicalDisk9TrueOKHealthyAuto-Select30GB
7.ConfiguremediatypeforvirtualSASdisks
　　#CreateStoragePool
　　$s=Get-StorageSubSystem
　　New-StoragePool-StorageSubSystemId$s.UniqueId-FriendlyNamePool1-PhysicalDisks(Get-PhysicalDisk-CanPool$true)
　　#ConfiguremediatypeforvirtualSASdisks
　　Get-StoragePoolPool1|Get-PhysicalDisk|?Size-lt20GB|Set-PhysicalDisk–MediaTypeSSD
　　Get-StoragePoolPool1|Get-PhysicalDisk|?Size-gt20GB|Set-PhysicalDisk–MediaTypeHDD
8.Checkmediatypeconfiguration(withoutput)
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StoragePoolPool1
　　FriendlyNameOperationalStatusHealthStatusIsPrimordialIsReadOnly
　　---------------------------------------------------------------
　　Pool1OKHealthyFalseFalse
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StoragePoolPool1|Get-PhysicalDisk|SortSize|FT–AutoSize
　　FriendlyNameCanPoolOperationalStatusHealthStatusUsageSize
　　---------------------------------------------------------
　　PhysicalDisk3FalseOKHealthyAuto-Select9.25GB
　　PhysicalDisk2FalseOKHealthyAuto-Select9.25GB
　　PhysicalDisk1FalseOKHealthyAuto-Select9.25GB
　　PhysicalDisk4FalseOKHealthyAuto-Select9.25GB
　　PhysicalDisk11FalseOKHealthyAuto-Select29.25GB
　　PhysicalDisk12FalseOKHealthyAuto-Select29.25GB
　　PhysicalDisk7FalseOKHealthyAuto-Select29.25GB
　　PhysicalDisk6FalseOKHealthyAuto-Select29.25GB
　　PhysicalDisk9FalseOKHealthyAuto-Select29.25GB
　　PhysicalDisk5FalseOKHealthyAuto-Select29.25GB
　　PhysicalDisk8FalseOKHealthyAuto-Select29.25GB
　　PhysicalDisk10FalseOKHealthyAuto-Select29.25GB
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StoragePoolPool1|Get-PhysicalDisk|SortSize|FTFriendlyName,Size,MediaType,HealthStatus,OperationalStatus-AutoSize
　　FriendlyNameSizeMediaTypeHealthStatusOperationalStatus
　　------------------------------------------------------
　　PhysicalDisk39932111872SSDHealthyOK
　　PhysicalDisk29932111872SSDHealthyOK
　　PhysicalDisk19932111872SSDHealthyOK
　　PhysicalDisk49932111872SSDHealthyOK
　　PhysicalDisk1131406948352HDDHealthyOK
　　PhysicalDisk1231406948352HDDHealthyOK
　　PhysicalDisk731406948352HDDHealthyOK
　　PhysicalDisk631406948352HDDHealthyOK
　　PhysicalDisk931406948352HDDHealthyOK
　　PhysicalDisk531406948352HDDHealthyOK
　　PhysicalDisk831406948352HDDHealthyOK
　　PhysicalDisk1031406948352HDDHealthyOK
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StoragePoolPool1|Get-PhysicalDisk|GroupMediaType,Size|SortName|FT-AutoSize
　　CountNameGroup
　　--------------
　　8HDD,31406948352{MSFT_PhysicalDisk(ObjectId="{1}\\\\\\\\WIN-T5PORQGQECN\\\\root/Microsoft/Win...),MSFT_PhysicalDis...
　　4SSD,9932111872{MSFT_PhysicalDisk(ObjectId="{1}\\\\\\\\WIN-T5PORQGQECN\\\\root/Microsoft/Win...),MSFT_PhysicalDis...
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StoragePoolPool1|FLSize,AllocatedSize
　　Size:290984034304
　　AllocatedSize:3221225472
9.ConfigureTiers
　　#Configuretwotiers
　　Get-StoragePoolPool1|New-StorageTier–FriendlyNameSSDTier–MediaTypeSSD
　　Get-StoragePoolPool1|New-StorageTier–FriendlyNameHDDTier–MediaTypeHDD
10.CheckTiersconfiguration(withoutput)
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StorageTier|FTFriendlyName,MediaType,Size-AutoSize
　　FriendlyNameMediaTypeSize
　　-------------------------
　　SSDTierSSD0
　　HDDTierHDD0
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StoragePoolPool1|FLSize,AllocatedSize
　　Size:290984034304
　　AllocatedSize:3221225472
　　Note:3GBusedoutof271GBtotal.StorageSpacesreserves256MBoneachdiskinthepoolforinternalVDmetadata.256MB*12drives=3GB.
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StorageTierSupportedSizeSSDTier-ResiliencySettingNameSimple|FT-AutoSize
　　SupportedSizesTierSizeMinTierSizeMaxTierSizeDivisor
　　---------------------------------------------------
　　{}4294967296343597383684294967296
　　Note:32GBontheSSDTier(8GB*4).Minimumsizeis4GB.
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StorageTierSupportedSizeSSDTier-ResiliencySettingNameMirror|FT-AutoSize
　　SupportedSizesTierSizeMinTierSizeMaxTierSizeDivisor
　　---------------------------------------------------
　　{}2147483648171798691842147483648
　　Note:Mirroredoffers16GBontheSSDTier(8GB*4/2).Minimumsizeis2GB.
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StorageTierSupportedSizeHDDTier-ResiliencySettingNameSimple|FT-AutoSize
　　SupportedSizesTierSizeMinTierSizeMaxTierSizeDivisor
　　---------------------------------------------------
　　{}85899345922491081031688589934592
　　Note:232GBontheHDDTier(29GB*8).Minimumsizeis8GB.
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StorageTierSupportedSizeHDDTier-ResiliencySettingNameMirror|FT-AutoSize
　　SupportedSizesTierSizeMinTierSizeMaxTierSizeDivisor
　　---------------------------------------------------
　　{}42949672961245540515844294967296
　　Note:Mirroredoffers116GBontheHDDTier(29GB*8/2).Minimumsizeis4GB.

11.ResiliencySettingsandSpaces

　　#Configureresiliencysettings
　　Get-StoragePoolPool1|Set-ResiliencySetting-NameSimple-NumberOfColumnsDefault4
　　Get-StoragePoolPool1|Set-ResiliencySetting-NameMirror-NumberOfColumnsDefault2
　　#Createsimpleandmirroredspaceswithtiering
　　$SSD=Get-StorageTier-FriendlyNameSSDTier
　　$HDD=Get-StorageTier-FriendlyNameHDDTier
　　Get-StoragePoolPool1|New-VirtualDisk-FriendlyNameSpace1-ResiliencySettingNameSimple–StorageTiers$SSD,$HDD-StorageTierSizes8GB,32GB-WriteCacheSize1GB
　　Get-StoragePoolPool1|New-VirtualDisk-FriendlyNameSpace2-ResiliencySettingNameMirror-StorageTiers$SSD,$HDD-StorageTierSizes8GB,32GB–WriteCacheSize1GB
12.CheckStorageSpacesconfiguration(withoutput)
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StoragePoolPool1|Get-ResiliencySetting|FT-AutoSize
　　NameNumberOfDataCopiesPhysicalDiskRedundancyNumberOfColumnsInterleave
　　---------------------------------------------------------------------
　　Simple104262144
　　Mirror212262144
　　Parity11Auto262144
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-VirtualDisk|FT-AutoSize
　　FriendlyNameResiliencySettingNameOperationalStatusHealthStatusIsManualAttachSize
　　--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
　　Space1SimpleOKHealthyFalse40GB
　　Space2MirrorOKHealthyFalse40GB
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StorageTier|FTFriendlyName,MediaType,Size-AutoSize
　　FriendlyNameMediaTypeSize
　　-------------------------
　　SSDTierSSD0
　　HDDTierHDD0
　　Space1_SSDTierSSD8589934592
　　Space1_HDDTierHDD34359738368
　　Space2_SSDTierSSD8589934592
　　Space2_HDDTierHDD34359738368
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StoragePoolPool1|FLSize,AllocatedSize
　　Size:290984034304
　　AllocatedSize:136365211648
　　Note:127GBallocatedaftercreatingthetwospaces.144GBleftoutof271GBtotal.
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StorageTierSupportedSizeSSDTier-ResiliencySettingNameSimple|FT-AutoSize
　　SupportedSizesTierSizeMinTierSizeMaxTierSizeDivisor
　　---------------------------------------------------
　　{}429496729642949672964294967296
　　Note:4GBleftontheSSDTier.
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StorageTierSupportedSizeSSDTier-ResiliencySettingNameMirror|FT-AutoSize
　　SupportedSizesTierSizeMinTierSizeMaxTierSizeDivisor
　　---------------------------------------------------
　　{}214748364821474836482147483648
　　Note:4GBleftontheSSDTier.2GBavailableifmirroring.
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StorageTierSupportedSizeHDDTier-ResiliencySettingNameSimple|FT-AutoSize
　　SupportedSizesTierSizeMinTierSizeMaxTierSizeDivisor
　　---------------------------------------------------
　　{}42949672961460288880644294967296
　　Note:136GBleftontheSSDTier.
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-StorageTierSupportedSizeHDDTier-ResiliencySettingNameMirror|FT-AutoSize
　　SupportedSizesTierSizeMinTierSizeMaxTierSizeDivisor
　　---------------------------------------------------
　　{}2147483648730144440322147483648
　　Note:136GBleftontheSSDTier.68GBavailableifmirroring.
13.CreatePartitionsandVolumes
　　#Configurevolume“F”onSpace1
　　Get-VirtualDiskSpace1|Get-Disk|Set-Disk-IsReadOnly0
　　Get-VirtualDiskSpace1|Get-Disk|Set-Disk-IsOffline0
　　Get-VirtualDiskSpace1|Get-Disk|Initialize-Disk-PartitionStyleGPT
　　Get-VirtualDiskSpace1|Get-Disk|New-Partition-DriveLetter“F”-UseMaximumSize
　　Initialize-Volume-DriveLetter“F”-FileSystemNTFS-Confirm:$false
　　#Configurevolume“G”onSpace2
　　Get-VirtualDiskSpace2|Get-Disk|Set-Disk-IsReadOnly0
　　Get-VirtualDiskSpace2|Get-Disk|Set-Disk-IsOffline0
　　Get-VirtualDiskSpace2|Get-Disk|Initialize-Disk-PartitionStyleGPT
　　Get-VirtualDiskSpace2|Get-Disk|New-Partition-DriveLetter“G”-UseMaximumSize
　　Initialize-Volume-DriveLetter“G”-FileSystemNTFS-Confirm:$false
14.CheckPartitionsandVolumes(withoutput)
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-Partition|?DriveLetter-ge"F"|FT-AutoSize
　　DiskNumber:13
　　PartitionNumberDriveLetterOffsetSizeType
　　----------------------------------------
　　2F13526630439.87GBBasic
　　DiskNumber:14
　　PartitionNumberDriveLetterOffsetSizeType
　　----------------------------------------
　　2G13526630439.87GBBasic
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-Volume|?DriveLetter-ge"F"|FT-AutoSize
　　DriveLetterFileSystemLabelFileSystemDriveTypeHealthStatusSizeRemainingSize
　　--------------------------------------------------------------------------
　　FNTFSFixedHealthy39.75GB39.87GB
　　GNTFSFixedHealthy39.75GB39.87GB
15.CreateTestFiles
　　#Create3filesonvolume“F”,placethemondifferenttiers
　　1..3|%{
　　fsutilfilecreatenewf:\\\\file$_.dat(4GB)
　　fsutilfilesetvaliddataf:\\\\file$_.dat(4GB)
　　}
　　Set-FileStorageTier-FilePathf:\\\\file1.dat-DesiredStorageTierFriendlyNameSpace1_SSDTier
　　Set-FileStorageTier-FilePathf:\\\\file2.dat-DesiredStorageTierFriendlyNameSpace1_HDDTier
　　Get-FileStorageTier-VolumeDriveLetterF
　　#Create3filesonvolume“G”,placethemondifferenttiers
　　1..3|%{
　　fsutilfilecreatenewg:\\\\file$_.dat(4GB)
　　fsutilfilesetvaliddatag:\\\\file$_.dat(4GB)
　　}
　　Set-FileStorageTier-FilePathg:\\\\file1.dat-DesiredStorageTierFriendlyNameSpace2_SSDTier
　　Set-FileStorageTier-FilePathg:\\\\file2.dat-DesiredStorageTierFriendlyNameSpace2_HDDTier
　　Get-FileStorageTier-VolumeDriveLetterG

16.CheckTestFiles(withoutput)
　　PSC:\\\\>DirF:
　　Directory:f:\\\\
　　ModeLastWriteTimeLengthName
　　---------------------------
　　-a---8/21/201310:09AM4294967296file1.dat
　　-a---8/21/201310:09AM4294967296file2.dat
　　-a---8/21/201310:09AM4294967296file3.dat
　　PSC:\\\\>DirG:
　　Directory:g:\\\\
　　ModeLastWriteTimeLengthName
　　---------------------------
　　-a---8/21/201310:08AM4294967296file1.dat
　　-a---8/21/201310:08AM4294967296file2.dat
　　-a---8/21/201310:08AM4294967296file3.dat
　　PSC:\\\\sqlio>Get-Volume|?DriveLetter-ge"F"|FT-AutoSize
　　DriveLetterFileSystemLabelFileSystemDriveTypeHealthStatusSizeRemainingSize
　　--------------------------------------------------------------------------
　　FNTFSFixedHealthy27.75GB39.87GB
　　GNTFSFixedHealthy27.75GB39.87GB
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-FileStorageTier-VolumeDriveLetterF|FT-AutoSize
　　FilePathDesiredStorageTierNamePlacementStatusState
　　--------------------------------------------------
　　F:\\\\file1.datSpace1_SSDTierCompletelyontierOK
　　F:\\\\file2.datSpace1_HDDTierPartiallyontierPending
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-FileStorageTier-VolumeDriveLetterG|FT-AutoSize
　　FilePathDesiredStorageTierNamePlacementStatusState
　　--------------------------------------------------
　　G:\\\\file1.datSpace2_SSDTierCompletelyontierOK
　　G:\\\\file2.datSpace2_HDDTierPartiallyontierPending

17.TasksforStorageTiering
　　#ChecktasksusedbyStorageTiering
　　Get-ScheduledTask-TaskName*Tier*|FT–AutoSize
　　Get-ScheduledTask-TaskName*Tier*|Get-ScheduledTaskInfo
　　#Manuallyrunningthe“StorageTiersOptimization”task
　　Get-ScheduledTask-TaskName"StorageTiersOptimization"|Start-ScheduledTask

18.TasksforStorageTiering(withOutput)
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-ScheduledTask-TaskName*Tier*|FT–AutoSize
　　TaskPathTaskNameState
　　---------------------
　　\\\\Microsoft\\\\Windows\\\\StorageTiersManagement\\\\StorageTiersManagementInitializationReady
　　\\\\Microsoft\\\\Windows\\\\StorageTiersManagement\\\\StorageTiersOptimizationReady
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-ScheduledTask-TaskName*Tier*|Get-ScheduledTaskInfo
　　LastRunTime:
　　LastTaskResult:1
　　NextRunTime:8/22/20131:00:00AM
　　NumberOfMissedRuns:0
　　TaskName:StorageTiersOptimization
　　TaskPath:\\\\Microsoft\\\\Windows\\\\StorageTiersManagement\\\\
　　PSComputerName:
　　LastRunTime:8/21/201311:18:18AM
　　LastTaskResult:0
　　NextRunTime:
　　NumberOfMissedRuns:0
　　TaskName:StorageTiersManagementInitialization
　　TaskPath:\\\\Microsoft\\\\Windows\\\\StorageTiersManagement\\\\
　　PSComputerName:
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-ScheduledTask-TaskName"StorageTiersOptimization"|Start-ScheduledTask
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-ScheduledTask-TaskName"StorageTiersOptimization"|Get-ScheduledTaskInfo
　　LastRunTime:8/21/201312:11:11PM
　　LastTaskResult:267009
　　NextRunTime:8/22/20131:00:00AM
　　NumberOfMissedRuns:0
　　TaskName:StorageTiersOptimization
　　TaskPath:\\\\Microsoft\\\\Windows\\\\StorageTiersManagement\\\\
　　PSComputerName:

19.RunningSQLIO
　　#ThesecommandsassumethattheSQLIO2.EXEfilewascopiedtotheC:\\\\SQLIOfolder
　　#SQLIOworkload1:30seconds,random,read,8KB,4thread,16outstandingIOs,nobuffering
　　#SQLIOworkload2:30seconds,sequential,read,512KB,4thread,4outstandingIOs,nobuffering
　　#CheckfilelocationontiersforvolumeF:
　　Get-FileStorageTier-VolumeDriveLetterF|FT-AutoSize
　　#RunningSQLIOonF:,usingFile1(HDDtier),File2(HDDtier)andFile3(unspecifiedtier)
　　c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-frandom-kR-b8-t4-o16-BNf:\\\\file1.dat
　　c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-frandom-kR-b8-t4-o16-BNf:\\\\file2.dat
　　c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-frandom-kR-b8-t4-o16-BNf:\\\\file3.dat
　　c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-fsequential-kR-b512-t4-o4-BNf:\\\\file1.dat
　　c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-fsequential-kR-b512-t4-o4-BNf:\\\\file2.dat
　　c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-fsequential-kR-b512-t4-o4-BNf:\\\\file3.dat
　　#CheckfilelocationontiersforvolumeG:
　　Get-FileStorageTier-VolumeDriveLetterG|FT-AutoSize
　　#RunningSQLIOonG:,usingFile1(HDDtier),File2(HDDtier)andFile3(unspecifiedtier)
　　c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-frandom-kR-b8-t4-o16-BNg:\\\\file1.dat
　　c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-frandom-kR-b8-t4-o16-BNg:\\\\file2.dat
　　c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-frandom-kR-b8-t4-o16-BNg:\\\\file3.dat
　　c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-fsequential-kR-b512-t4-o4-BNg:\\\\file1.dat
　　c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-fsequential-kR-b512-t4-o4-BNg:\\\\file2.dat
　　c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-fsequential-kR-b512-t4-o4-BNg:\\\\file3.dat

20.RunningSQLIO(withOutput)
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-FileStorageTier-VolumeDriveLetterF|FT-AutoSize
　　FilePathDesiredStorageTierNamePlacementStatusState
　　--------------------------------------------------
　　F:\\\\file1.datSpace1_SSDTierCompletelyontierOK
　　F:\\\\file2.datSpace1_HDDTierCompletelyontierOK
　　PSC:\\\\>c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-frandom-kR-b8-t4-o16-BNf:\\\\file1.dat
　　sqliov2.15.64bit_SG
　　4threadsreadingfor30secstofilef:\\\\file1.dat
　　using8KBrandomIOs
　　enablingmultipleI/Osperthreadwith16outstanding
　　bufferingsettonotusefilenordiskcaches(asisSQLServer)
　　usingcurrentsize:4096MBforfile:f:\\\\file1.dat
　　initializationdone
　　CUMULATIVEDATA:
　　throughputmetrics:
　　IOs/sec:35745.63
　　MBs/sec:279.26
　　PSC:\\\\>c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-frandom-kR-b8-t4-o16-BNf:\\\\file2.dat
　　sqliov2.15.64bit_SG
　　4threadsreadingfor30secstofilef:\\\\file2.dat
　　using8KBrandomIOs
　　enablingmultipleI/Osperthreadwith16outstanding
　　bufferingsettonotusefilenordiskcaches(asisSQLServer)
　　usingcurrentsize:4096MBforfile:f:\\\\file2.dat
　　initializationdone
　　CUMULATIVEDATA:
　　throughputmetrics:
　　IOs/sec:141.57
　　MBs/sec:1.10
　　PSC:\\\\>c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-frandom-kR-b8-t4-o16-BNf:\\\\file3.dat
　　sqliov2.15.64bit_SG
　　4threadsreadingfor30secstofilef:\\\\file3.dat
　　using8KBrandomIOs
　　enablingmultipleI/Osperthreadwith16outstanding
　　bufferingsettonotusefilenordiskcaches(asisSQLServer)
　　usingcurrentsize:4096MBforfile:f:\\\\file3.dat
　　initializationdone
　　CUMULATIVEDATA:
　　throughputmetrics:
　　IOs/sec:384.86
　　MBs/sec:3.00
　　PSC:\\\\>c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-fsequential-kR-b512-t4-o4-BNf:\\\\file1.dat
　　sqliov2.15.64bit_SG
　　4threadsreadingfor30secstofilef:\\\\file1.dat
　　using512KBsequentialIOs
　　enablingmultipleI/Osperthreadwith4outstanding
　　bufferingsettonotusefilenordiskcaches(asisSQLServer)
　　usingcurrentsize:4096MBforfile:f:\\\\file1.dat
　　initializationdone
　　CUMULATIVEDATA:
　　throughputmetrics:
　　IOs/sec:998.25
　　MBs/sec:499.12
　　PSC:\\\\>c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-fsequential-kR-b512-t4-o4-BNf:\\\\file2.dat
　　sqliov2.15.64bit_SG
　　4threadsreadingfor30secstofilef:\\\\file2.dat
　　using512KBsequentialIOs
　　enablingmultipleI/Osperthreadwith4outstanding
　　bufferingsettonotusefilenordiskcaches(asisSQLServer)
　　usingcurrentsize:4096MBforfile:f:\\\\file2.dat
　　initializationdone
　　CUMULATIVEDATA:
　　throughputmetrics:
　　IOs/sec:81.30
　　MBs/sec:40.65
　　PSC:\\\\>c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-fsequential-kR-b512-t4-o4-BNf:\\\\file3.dat
　　sqliov2.15.64bit_SG
　　4threadsreadingfor30secstofilef:\\\\file3.dat
　　using512KBsequentialIOs
　　enablingmultipleI/Osperthreadwith4outstanding
　　bufferingsettonotusefilenordiskcaches(asisSQLServer)
　　usingcurrentsize:4096MBforfile:f:\\\\file3.dat
　　initializationdone
　　CUMULATIVEDATA:
　　throughputmetrics:
　　IOs/sec:148.51
　　MBs/sec:74.25
　　PSC:\\\\>Get-FileStorageTier-VolumeDriveLetterG|FT-AutoSize
　　FilePathDesiredStorageTierNamePlacementStatusState
　　--------------------------------------------------
　　G:\\\\file1.datSpace2_SSDTierCompletelyontierOK
　　G:\\\\file2.datSpace2_HDDTierCompletelyontierOK
　　PSC:\\\\>c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-frandom-kR-b8-t4-o16-BNg:\\\\file1.dat
　　sqliov2.15.64bit_SG
　　4threadsreadingfor30secstofileg:\\\\file1.dat
　　using8KBrandomIOs
　　enablingmultipleI/Osperthreadwith16outstanding
　　bufferingsettonotusefilenordiskcaches(asisSQLServer)
　　usingcurrentsize:4096MBforfile:g:\\\\file1.dat
　　initializationdone
　　CUMULATIVEDATA:
　　throughputmetrics:
　　IOs/sec:35065.17
　　MBs/sec:273.94
　　PSC:\\\\>c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-frandom-kR-b8-t4-o16-BNg:\\\\file2.dat
　　sqliov2.15.64bit_SG
　　4threadsreadingfor30secstofileg:\\\\file2.dat
　　using8KBrandomIOs
　　enablingmultipleI/Osperthreadwith16outstanding
　　bufferingsettonotusefilenordiskcaches(asisSQLServer)
　　usingcurrentsize:4096MBforfile:g:\\\\file2.dat
　　initializationdone
　　CUMULATIVEDATA:
　　throughputmetrics:
　　IOs/sec:138.98
　　MBs/sec:1.08
　　PSC:\\\\>c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-frandom-kR-b8-t4-o16-BNg:\\\\file3.dat
　　sqliov2.15.64bit_SG
　　4threadsreadingfor30secstofileg:\\\\file3.dat
　　using8KBrandomIOs
　　enablingmultipleI/Osperthreadwith16outstanding
　　bufferingsettonotusefilenordiskcaches(asisSQLServer)
　　usingcurrentsize:4096MBforfile:g:\\\\file3.dat
　　initializationdone
　　CUMULATIVEDATA:
　　throughputmetrics:
　　IOs/sec:360.33
　　MBs/sec:2.81
　　PSC:\\\\>c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-fsequential-kR-b512-t4-o4-BNg:\\\\file1.dat
　　sqliov2.15.64bit_SG
　　4threadsreadingfor30secstofileg:\\\\file1.dat
　　using512KBsequentialIOs
　　enablingmultipleI/Osperthreadwith4outstanding
　　bufferingsettonotusefilenordiskcaches(asisSQLServer)
　　usingcurrentsize:4096MBforfile:g:\\\\file1.dat
　　initializationdone
　　CUMULATIVEDATA:
　　throughputmetrics:
　　IOs/sec:997.90
　　MBs/sec:498.95
　　PSC:\\\\>c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-fsequential-kR-b512-t4-o4-BNg:\\\\file2.dat
　　sqliov2.15.64bit_SG
　　4threadsreadingfor30secstofileg:\\\\file2.dat
　　using512KBsequentialIOs
　　enablingmultipleI/Osperthreadwith4outstanding
　　bufferingsettonotusefilenordiskcaches(asisSQLServer)
　　usingcurrentsize:4096MBforfile:g:\\\\file2.dat
　　initializationdone
　　CUMULATIVEDATA:
　　throughputmetrics:
　　IOs/sec:118.34
　　MBs/sec:59.17
　　PSC:\\\\>c:\\\\sqlio\\\\sqlio2.exe-s30-fsequential-kR-b512-t4-o4-BNg:\\\\file3.dat
　　sqliov2.15.64bit_SG
　　4threadsreadingfor30secstofileg:\\\\file3.dat
　　using512KBsequentialIOs
　　enablingmultipleI/Osperthreadwith4outstanding
　　bufferingsettonotusefilenordiskcaches(asisSQLServer)
　　usingcurrentsize:4096MBforfile:g:\\\\file3.dat
　　initializationdone
　　CUMULATIVEDATA:
　　throughputmetrics:
　　IOs/sec:197.65
　　MBs/sec:98.82
21.SummaryofSQLIOResults
　　Here’sthesummaryoftheSQLIOruns:
ResiliencyWorkloadTierIOPsMB/sSimple8KB　　Read
File1(SSD)35,746279File2(HDD)1421File3(Mixed)3853512KB　　Sequential
File1(SSD)998499File2(HDD)11859File3(Mixed)19899　　Note1:Ingeneral,thisisworkingasexpected.File1(SSDTier)showsSSDperformancecharacteristicswhileFile2(HDDTier)behaveslikeaspinningdisk.File3issomewherebetweenthetwo.
　　Note2:ThereisonlyonephysicalSSDandonephysicalHDDbehindallthevirtuallayers.Bothsimpleandmirroredarespacesarebasicallylimitedbythehardwarelimitationsofthetwodisks.
　　Note3:Thisshowstheresultsofasinglerunofeachworkload,sosomevarianceisexpected.Ifyouarerunningthisinyourownsetup,youmightwanttoruneachworkloadmultipletimesandaverageitout.There’ssomeguidancetothatregardathttp://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2013/03/25/sqlio-powershell-and-storage-performance-measuring-iops-throughput-and-latency-for-both-local-disks-and-smb-file-shares.aspx