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12 Storage Solutions Guide
Figure 4. Storage Array (Single Server Configuration)
SMB/CIFS Share
In addition to supporting a VHD on a disk managed by the parent partition,
Hyper-V also supports VHDs on a SMB/CIFS share; however, the use of
SMB/CIFS shares is beyond the scope of this document. For more
information see the Microsoft Hyper-V documentation or the Dell High
Availability Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V at www.dell.com/hyper-v.
Disk Location Summary
Table 2. Disk Location Summary
Type Advantages Disadvantages
Internal storage Easy configuration and
management for entry-level
configurations.
Lacks support for HA VMs
and VM Quick Migration.
Host-based RAID with
external enclosure
Provides additional storage
capacity for the server.
Lacks support for HA VMs
and VM Quick Migration.