This post tracks a series of articles discussing new features in the upcoming Windows Server 2012, currently in beta as Windows Server 8. This represents Microsoft‘s eighth generation operating system, succeeding the previous server release Windows Server 2008 R2.
This is one of a series of posts discussing the new features in Windows Server 2012, due to be shipped this year and currently in public beta release as Windows Server “8″. You can find references to other related posts at the end of this article. This post reviews the new Storage Spaces feature.
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