如果您在计算机上积累了大量数据，您可能并不总是有足够的空间来存储所有内容(enough space to store everything)。有时您需要额外的存储空间来保存较大的文件或云存储(cloud storage)，但即使是这些文件也会很快填满。
借助Windows 10 存储(Storage) 空间(Spaces)，您可以使用软件配置的类似 RAID 的技术来组织和整合您的所有文件。(organize and consolidate all your files)
我们将引导您了解如何使用Windows 10上的存储空间功能来创建数据备份。
什么是 Windows 10 上的存储空间？(What is Storage Spaces on Windows 10?)
Windows 10 存储(Storage) 空间(Spaces)功能有助于增加 PC 上的存储量，同时保护您的数据和存储免受驱动器读取错误或驱动程序故障的影响。
该功能在类似于RAID的软件中实现，可用于将硬盘驱动器组合成一个虚拟驱动器。它还可以在多个驱动器上镜像数据以实现冗余。(mirror data)
从此池中，您可以创建存储(Storage) 空间(Spaces)，用于存储数据的额外副本(copies of your data)。这样，如果一个驱动器发生故障，您不会丢失所有数据(don’t lose all your data)，但仍然有完整的可用副本。
此外，如果驱动器池中的容量不足，您可以将更多驱动器添加到存储池中。
Windows 10 上的存储空间如何工作(How Storage Spaces on Windows 10 Works)
存储空间(Storage Spaces)功能可帮助您将多个硬盘驱动器与文件的重复镜像合并到一个存储池中，而不是将所有文件分散到多个驱动器上。这样，您就拥有了一个统一的卷并添加了冗余。如果一个驱动器出现故障，您可以添加另一个驱动器并重建存储而不会丢失任何数据(data loss)。
Storage Spaces的工作方式与RAID类似，但您不需要另一个硬件RAID卡，因为它完全通过软件执行。它的执行速度不会像RAID卡那样快，但如果您是第一次使用它，实施起来会更容易、更便宜。
此外，Windows将您的存储空间(Spaces)视为任何其他硬盘驱动器 - 一个具有一个驱动器号和文件夹的统一卷，其工作方式类似于任何其他文件夹。这意味着您可以将文件夹添加到库或与网络上的其他人共享。
如何在 Windows 10 中创建存储空间(How to Create a Storage Space in Windows 10)
要在Windows 10(Windows 10)中创建存储空间，首先将存储驱动器连接到您的计算机。
- 接下来，在搜索框中输入Storage Spaces ，然后从搜索结果中选择(Storage Spaces)Manage Storage Spaces。
- 选择创建新池和存储空间(Create a new pool and storage space)。
注意(Note)：除了安装Windows 10的驱动器之外，您还可以使用内部或外部硬盘驱动器(external hard drive)或固态驱动器(solid state drive)( SSD ) 创建存储(Storage) 空间(Spaces)。您可以使用的其他驱动器格式包括USB、ATA、SATA和SAS驱动器。但是，您不能使用microSD 卡(microSD card)来创建存储空间。
- 接下来，选择要添加的驱动器，然后选择(drives)Create pool。
- 命名(Name)驱动器并分配一个字母(letter)(assign a letter)。
- 选择弹性类型(resiliency type)。您可以从三种不同的布局中进行选择：Simple、Mirror或Parity。
- 简单空间(Simple spaces )布局至少需要两个驱动器，旨在提高性能。简单空间非常适合临时数据，因此不建议使用它们来保护您的数据(protecting your data)免受驱动程序错误或故障(driver error or failure)的影响。
- 镜像空间(Mirror spaces)布局还设计用于存储广泛的数据并提高性能。与简单空间不同，您可以使用镜像(Mirror)空间来保护您的数据免受驱动器故障的影响。此布局包含数据的多个副本，并分为两路(two-way)或三路(three-way)镜像空间。
两路复制您的数据的两个副本，(makes two copies of your data)至少需要两个驱动器才能运行，并且可以处理单个驱动器故障，而三路复制您的数据的三个副本，至少需要五个驱动器才能运行，并且可以处理两个驱动器失败。
- 与为提高性能而设计的简单空间和镜像空间不同，奇偶校验空间(Parity spaces)旨在提高存储效率。不仅如此，奇偶校验空间还保留了数据的多个副本，并保护数据免受驱动程序故障的影响。此外，它最适合媒体文件和存档数据，需要三个或更多驱动器来保护您免受单个驱动器故障的影响，需要七个或更多驱动器来保护您免受两个驱动器故障的影响。
注意(Note)：一旦设置了弹性或文件系统，就无法更改它。您可以重命名池或空间、添加更多驱动器并按需升级存储空间。另外，要让您的驱动器在Storage (Storage) Spaces中可用，它的大小必须在 5GB 左右。
- 选择创建存储空间(Create Storage Space)。
注意(Note)：每当您将新驱动器添加到存储空间(Spaces)池时，请优化驱动器使用以将一些数据移动到新驱动器(move some of the data to the new drive)。这样，您将充分利用池的整体存储容量。如果在升级池之前添加驱动器，则需要手动优化驱动器使用情况。(optimize your drive usage)
如何将驱动器添加到存储空间(How to Add a Drive to Storage Spaces)
现在您有了 Storage Spaces，您可以正常使用您的 PC。但是，如果您的空间再次不足，您可以轻松地向存储池添加更多存储。(add more storage)
- 为此，请转到Manage Storage Spaces页面并选择Change Settings。
- 选择当前存储池旁边的添加驱动器按钮。(Add Drives)
- 备份您的驱动器(Backup your drive)，然后选择它，否则它将被删除并且您会丢失数据。选中优化驱动器使用(Optimize Drive Usage)框，以便将一些数据移动到新驱动器。
- 选择添加驱动器(Add Drives)。
Windows 将完成数据移动(moving your data)，您将拥有更大的驱动器池。
如何断开驱动器与存储空间的连接(How to Disconnect a Drive From a Storage Space)
配置存储空间(Space)后，您可以从池中删除正在使用的驱动器。如果您只是将驱动器拉出，您可能会丢失数据并导致其他问题，但是可以通过将驱动器上的数据移动到存储池中的其他驱动器然后从 PC 中移除驱动器来执行此操作。
- 要从池中断开驱动器，请打开存储空间(Storage Spaces)并选择物理驱动器(Physical drives)以展开该部分。选择准备移除(Prepare for removal)。
- 找到您要移除的驱动器并选择移除(Remove)。
- 接下来，选择删除驱动器(Remove drive)以完成删除过程。
注意(Note)：断开驱动器后，您将无法在文件资源管理器(File Explorer)中访问它。为此，您需要右键单击Start > Disk Management并找到标有Unallocated的驱动器。右键单击驱动器，选择新建简单卷(New Simple Volume)，然后按照步骤在磁盘管理(Disk Management)实用程序中重新格式化驱动器。
如何删除 Windows 10 存储空间或存储池(How to Delete a Windows 10 Storage Space or Storage Pool)
如果您不再需要存储空间，可以使用以下步骤将其删除。
- 打开Storage Spaces，找到您不需要的空间并选择Delete。如果您没有对该空间中的数据进行备份，您将丢失所有数据，因为删除空间会永久删除其中包含的所有数据。
- 接下来，选择删除存储空间(Delete storage space)。
- 要删除存储池，请打开Storage Spaces，找到要删除的池并选择Delete pool。
- 选择删除池(Delete pool)以完成删除过程。
注意(Note)：您不能删除包含存储空间的池。为此，请先删除池中的所有存储空间，然后再删除池。删除存储池后，正在使用的驱动器将恢复到您的 PC，您可以通过磁盘管理(Disk Management)重新格式化它。
为您的 PC 添加更多存储空间(Add More Storage to Your PC)
在Windows 10中创建和使用存储(Storage) 空间(Spaces)可能看起来有点混乱，但是通过上述步骤，您应该可以自己完成。
通过在下方发表评论，与我们分享您创建和使用Windows 10 存储空间的经验。(Storage)
How to Use Storage Spaces on Windows 10 for Data Backups
If you’ve built up a large amount of data on your computer, you may not always haνe enough space to store everything. Sometimes you’ll need additional storage to hold the larger files or cloud storage, but even those fill up fast.
With Windows 10 Storage Spaces, you can organize and consolidate all your files using a software-configured, RAID-like technology.
We’ll walk you through how to use the Storage Spaces feature on Windows 10 to create data backups.
What is Storage Spaces on Windows 10?
The Windows 10 Storage Spaces feature helps increase the amount of storage on your PC while protecting your data and storage from drive read errors or driver failures.
The feature is implemented in software similar to RAID, and can be used to group hard drives together into one virtual drive. It can also mirror data over several drives for redundancy.
From this pool, you can create Storage Spaces, which store extra copies of your data. This way, if one drive fails, you don’t lose all your data but still have intact copies available.
Plus, you can add more drives to the storage pool in case you run low on capacity in the pool of drives.
How Storage Spaces on Windows 10 Works
The Storage Spaces feature helps you combine multiple hard drives with duplicate mirrors of files into a single storage pool instead of spreading all your files across multiple drives. This way, you have one unified volume and add redundancy. If one drive fails, you can add another one and rebuild the storage without any data loss.
Storage Spaces works like RAID, except you don’t need another hardware RAID card because it’s performed entirely via software. It won’t perform as fast as a RAID card, but it’s easier and cheaper to implement if you’re using it for the first time.
Plus, Windows sees your Storage Spaces as any other hard drive – a unified volume with one drive letter and folders that work similar to any other folders. This means you can add your folders to libraries or share them with others on your network.
How to Create a Storage Space in Windows 10
To create a Storage Space in Windows 10, start by connecting the storage drives to your computer.
- Next, type Storage Spaces in the search box, and select Manage Storage Spaces from the search results.
- Select Create a new pool and storage space.
Note: You can use an internal or external hard drive or a solid state drive (SSD) to create Storage Spaces in addition to the drive where Windows 10 is installed. Other drive formats you can use include USB, ATA, SATA, and SAS drives. However, you can’t use a microSD card to create Storage Spaces.
- Next, select the drives you want to add, and then select Create pool.
- Name the drive(s) and assign a letter.
- Select a resiliency type. You can pick from three different layouts: Simple, Mirror, or Parity.
- The Simple spaces layout requires at least two drives and are designed for increased performance. Simple spaces are ideal for temporary data so they’re not recommended for protecting your data from driver error or failure.
- Mirror spaces layout is also designed for storing a wide range of data and for increased performance. Unlike Simple spaces, you can use Mirror spaces to protect your data from drive failure. This layout holds multiple copies of your data and is classified into two-way or three-way mirror spaces.
Two-way makes two copies of your data, requires at least two drives to function, and can handle a single drive failure, while three-way makes three copies of your data, requires at least five drives to function, and can handle two drive failures.
- Unlike simple and mirror spaces, which are designed for increased performance, the Parity spaces are designed for storage efficiency. Not only that, but parity spaces keep multiple copies of your data and protect the data from driver failure. Plus, it works best for media files and archival data, and needs three or more drives to protect you from single drive failure and seven or more to protect from two drive failures.
Note: Once you set the resiliency or file system, you can’t change it. You can rename a pool or space, add more drives and upgrade the storage space on-demand. Plus, for your drive to be available in Storage Spaces, it has to be around 5GB of size.
- Select Create Storage Space.
Note: Whenever you add new drives to a Storage Spaces pool, optimize the drive usage to move some of the data to the new drive. This way, you’ll make optimum use of the pool’s overall storage capacity. If you add a drive before upgrading a pool, you’ll need to optimize your drive usage manually.
How to Add a Drive to Storage Spaces
Now that you have your Storage Spaces, you can use your PC normally. However, if you run low on space again, you can easily add more storage to the storage pool.
- To do this, go to the Manage Storage Spaces page and select Change Settings.
- Select the Add Drives button next to your current storage pool.
- Backup your drive and then select it, otherwise it’ll be erased and you’d lose data. Check the Optimize Drive Usage box so that some data moves to the new drive.
- Select Add Drives.
Windows will finish moving your data and you’ll have a much larger pool of drives.
How to Disconnect a Drive From a Storage Space
Once you configure a Storage Space, you can remove a drive that’s in use from a pool. If you just yank the drive out, you could lose your data and cause other issues, but there are steps to do this by moving the data on the drive to other drives in the storage pool and then removing the drive from your PC.
- To disconnect a drive from a pool, open Storage Spaces and select Physical drives to expand the section. Select Prepare for removal.
- Find the drive you want to remove and select Remove.
- Next, select Remove drive to complete the removal process.
Note: Once you disconnect the drive, you won’t be able to access it in File Explorer. To do so, you’ll need to right-click Start > Disk Management and find the drive labelled Unallocated. Right-click the drive, select New Simple Volume and follow the steps to reformat the drive in the Disk Management utility.
How to Delete a Windows 10 Storage Space or Storage Pool
If you don’t need the storage space anymore, you can delete it using these steps.
- Open Storage Spaces, find the space you don’t need and select Delete. If you hadn’t made a backup of the data in that space, you’ll lose it all since deleting a space permanently deletes all the data it contains.
- Next, select Delete storage space.
- To delete a storage pool, open Storage Spaces, find the pool you want to remove and select Delete pool.
- Select Delete pool to complete the deletion process.
Note: You can’t delete a pool that contains a storage space. To do this, remove all the storage spaces within the pool first, and then delete the pool. Once you delete a storage pool, the drive in use will be restored to your PC, and you can reformat it via Disk Management.
Add More Storage to Your PC
Creating and using Storage Spaces in Windows 10 may seem a bit confusing, but with the steps above, you should be able to do it by yourself.
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