Azure VM Storage Pool

azure-vm-storage-pool.ps1

# 1. add four or more virtual data disks (no caching) to a vm
# 2. run the following commands in the vm to turn them all into a single storage pool

New-StoragePool –FriendlyName StoragePool1 –StorageSubsystemFriendlyName "Storage Spaces*" –PhysicalDisks (Get-PhysicalDisk –CanPool $True)
$disks = Get-StoragePool –FriendlyName StoragePool1 -IsPrimordial $false | Get-PhysicalDisk
New-VirtualDisk -StoragePoolFriendlyName StoragePool1 –FriendlyName VirtualDisk1 -ResiliencySettingName Simple –NumberOfColumns $disks.Count –UseMaximumSize –Interleave 256KB
Get-VirtualDisk –FriendlyName VirtualDisk1 | Get-Disk | Initialize-Disk –Passthru | New-Partition –AssignDriveLetter –UseMaximumSize | Format-Volume –AllocationUnitSize 65536

# 3. in the future you can dynamically add capacity by adding additional disks (no idea how)