How does storage spaces decide where to put my files?

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Published on 2012-10-23T15:26:55Z Indexed on 2012/10/29 17:06 UTC
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With Windows 8 Storage Spaces, you can lump many hard disks of varying types, speeds and sizes together to use as a single storage space / logical drive.

How does Windows decide what to place where?

For example will it move files about depending on frequency of access? Maybe splitting files frequently accessed together between hard disks etc.

What does it optimize for? Speed, reliability, etc?

If the above is asking too much, can I easily see where the files are physically (on which physical disk)?

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