One of the most common uses of Windows Servers is for File and Print Services.  Windows Server 2012 has huge improvements in the Storage capabilities as well.  Storage Spaces happens to be one of these new capabilities that allows an organization to group different storage devices into a pool from which to create thinly provisioned volumes.  Another new capability is data de-duplication that allows for storage savings by reclaiming physical space use on the hard drive by multiple copies of the same file. 

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