Storage plays a critical role in cloud and data center services. With the increase of new applications for continuous services, storage requirements continue to grow. Windows Server 2012 includes a number of storage features and capabilities to address the storage challenges your organization faces. Whether you want to use cost-effective industry-standard server hardware or a high-end storage area network for the most demanding workloads: Windows Server 2012 provides you with a comprehensive set of features to help you get the most out of your storage investment. Windows Server 2012 was designed from the ground up with a strict focus on storage. Improvements range from provisioning of storage, to the way data is clustered and transferred over the network, to access and management. You can combine these flexible options to meet your business needs. In other words: Windows Server 2012 storage solutions deliver the efficiency, performance, resilience, and availability you need at ever...