Windows 8 will include a whole new way of dealing with file storage.

You really need to read this ArsTechnica article. This is yet another amazing addition to the upcoming Windows 8. Microsoft seems to be pulling out all the stops to make the next version of Windows a major upgrade.

Windows 8 Storage Spaces detailed: pooling redundant disk space for all

When Microsoft killed Windows Home Server's "Drive Extender" technology, we mourned its loss but held up hope that the company would persevere with the concept. The company has done just that with a new Windows 8 feature called Storage Spaces, described in a lengthy post to its Building Windows 8 blog.

With Storage Spaces, physical disks are grouped together into pools, and pools are then carved up into spaces, which are formatted with a regular filesystem and are used day-to-day just like r…