Store Hyper-V VMs/Disks on a mirrored pool?

[backpackhasjetz]

I'd like to set up Hyper-V VM's directly on a drive pool, set to mirrored mode, but don't know if it's advisable. Can DrivePool copy the "in use" files in realtime? It doesn't look like it does. It shows "Other" disk space growing, until I shut down the VM, then it moves that space measurement over to duplicated.

 

I guess I could just use Windows built-in RAID1, but was hoping to get the benefits of DrivePool/Scanner.

[backpackhasjetz]

Also, if I can't use DrivePool (and use WIndows Storage Pool), can I use Scanner with it? Or will it interfere?

[Christopher (Drashna)]

Yes, you can. There is no problem with it.

 

 

And specifically, the "Real Time Duplication" feature allows this to happen seamlessly. Any data/modification is written to all sets of data in parallel. 

 

And actually, Alex (the developer) stores his VMs (VMWare Workstation) on a pool, IIRC. So it's well tested.

 

 

 

 

As for Storage Spaces, StableBit Scanner will work with that just fine. However, it won't currently expose the SMART data for the array, nor will it show the individual drives.