Windows 10: How do you divide disks between memory pools?

Hi everyone,

So far I have paritioned and mirrored my system disks on dynamic disks.

I have heard that dynamic is deprecated, so I tried to use the pool memory concept.

I started with an easier project.

I split the mirror between two data disks, converted them back to basic and created my first memory pool.

I did not use the total amount because I wanted two pools on that disks.

However, when wanted to create the the second pool with its own drive designator, the disks were not available anymore.

Does this mean, the rest of the memory is wasted or how does this work?

Is there any good documentation for handling memory pools and raids?

Thanks for your help,

Benno

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How to remove external hard disk from storage pool on Windows 10

Hi Velen,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern about removing the external hard disk from storage pool, we will help you with this issue.

Try the below steps to: Remove a physical disk by using Windows PowerShell
and check if it helps.

• 
  Press Windows
  key from the keyboard, type Windows PowerShell and select
  Run as administrator.
  
• 
  Enter the command replacing <diskname> with the disk name:
  

• • 
    Set-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName <diskname> -Usage Retired
    

(If the pool is clustered, you will need to run this command on the cluster node which has the cluster resource for the pool online.)

3. Prior to performing step 5, you must wait for all active repair jobs to complete. To monitor the status of repair jobs, type the following command:
Get-StorageJob

4. Type the following command: Remove-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName <diskname>

5. Physically disconnect the old disk.

For further reference: Storage Spaces Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.

 

Nonpaged Pool

Hi Joseph,

For us to better assist you with your issue on memory usage, we'd like to gather additional information.

• When did you start experiencing the issue?
• Have you made any updates or changes to your computer before experiencing this issue?
• Have you tried to update your Windows 10 to its latest version?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

In the meantime, you can refer to this thread regarding non-paged pool memory.

Looking forward to your response.

 

The return of the Drive Extender - Windows 8 Pool disks

Linky link.

OK, the old version of Windows Home Server hade a technology called Drive Extender. You added disks to a pool of storage, so that you had several physical discs but only one logical "disc" (or pool or whatever they called it). Kinda like RAID, but simpler. Windows 8 will have a similiar thing, but a bit more powerful: Storage Spaces. From the article:

The good thing is that it will probably be included in both desktop and server versions of Win8. Now I want a Home Server based on Win8.