Storage: Create Storage Space with Parity.
So you've got a bunch of disks and want to create a Storage Space with Parity and journaling? (In case of SharePoint servers this could be very usefull performance wise and integrity wise. Be it for a SharePoint WFE or a Service Tier running Excel services. Here's the script i used. $HDD = Get-PhysicalDisk -CanPool $true | where {$_.mediatype -eq "HDD"} $SSD = Get-PhysicalDisk -CanPool $true | where {$_.mediatype -eq "SSD"} New-StoragePool -FriendlyName 'Data01' -PhysicalDisks $HDD -ResiliencySettingNameDefault Parity -StorageSubSystemFriendlyName "Windows Storage on W2016-HOST02" Add-PhysicalDisk -StoragePoolFriendlyName Data01 -PhysicalDisks $SSD -Usage Journal New-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName "Parity with Journaled Data" ` -StoragePoolFriendlyName "Data01" -NumberOfColumns 3 ` -ProvisioningType Thin -ResiliencySettingName Parity -Size 2TB ` | Initialize-Disk -PassThru -PartitionStyle GPT ` | New-Part