Hello all,

Can I create storage pools and storage spaces with USB drives? I have a bunch USB drives laying around and instead of used internal hard drives I would like to use them to create a storage pool for the purpose of learning how to setup, configure, and administer Storage pools and spaces.

Thanks in ad

Hi Phil,

You can use USB disks in storage space but the performance may not as good as internal hard disks. See:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831739.aspx

Consumers can use USB drives with Storage Spaces, though USB 3 drives are recommended to ensure a high level of performance. USB 2 drives will decrease performance a single USB 2 hard drive can saturate the bandwidth available on the shared USB bus, limiting performance when multiple drives are attached to the same USB 2 controller.