A group of physical disks collected by Storage Spaces, out of which virtual disks, known as storage spaces, are carved.
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Terms in this definition
- Physical
Describes the concrete, real-world parts that put a logical architecture into effect.
- General-purpose v1
The older storage account kind (
Storage), which lacks access tiers, Archive and premium file shares and retires on 13 October 2026. Converting to ZRS requires first upgrading to GPv2, a one-way change.
Related terms
- Hot spare
A disk held back in a storage pool, ready to take over automatically when another disk fails.
- vSAN OSA
First-generation vSAN design. Storage is organised as disk groups, every one pairing a caching device with at least one device for capacity; ESA does away with these in favour of one storage pool.