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Is it possible to convert thick provisioned to thin provisioned in windows server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces without data loss.

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Sir,

I am shifting File server data from FS1 server (Server 2012R2 Std) to FS4 (Server 2016 Std).

In FS1 Server Storage Configuration are as below:

Hard Disk Used: 4TB- 2 Nos. HDD + 1TB-2 Nos. SSD

Provisioning-Fixed

Layout-Mirror

Capacity-4.57 TB

Allocated-4.57 TB

Storage Tiers-Enabled

In FS4 Server Storage Configuration are as below:

Hard Disk Used: 1 TB-6 Nos. SSD

Provisioning-Thin

Layout-Mirror

Capacity-3.5 TB

Allocated-2.71 TB

Storage Tiers-Disable

In FS1, i have created D:\Shares\UsersProfile which saved all thin client users Profile using Folder redirection Policy. but within few months our Storage spaces D drive speed is become very slow which hits its performance. Now Storage Spaces speed is only 50-60 MBps. It may be that i am using the Storage Tiers and HDD.

But in FS4 i am using only SSD and storage space D drive speed is more than 395 MBps.

Now i want to Use only SSD in FS1 Server and remove HDD. 

But in FS1 Server, I am using the Thick Provisioning and Storage Tiers. 

So, i am searching the way to convert the Thick Provisioning to Thin and disable storage Tiers to retires the HDD and finally remove it.


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