Windows Server 2019 has a new Scale-Out File Server role named Infrastructure, which lets us provide continuously available shares from volumes in a hyper-converged S2D cluster. We can then use these volumes to store vhdx files from a separate Hyper-V Failover Cluster.
Described here:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Failover-Clustering/Scale-Out-File-Server-Improvements-in-Windows-Server-2019/ba-p/372156
Created like this:
Add-ClusterScaleOutFileServerRole -Cluster MyCluster -Infrastructure -Name InfraSOFSName
I understand that the S2D cluster that provides such shares need to be a Windows Server 2019 cluster, but can earlier clients use these shares?
Specifically: Can I run a Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V failover cluster and store the vhdx files on the new infrastructure shares?