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FAQ: Storage Reference pages for Developers

Since the information on TechNet and MSDN can unfortunately be quite spread out, I wanted to post this consolidated list of resources for Storage driver developers, to keep this in one ___location.

 

Storage Devices Reference on MSDN

The section includes references on the following Storage related items:

  • Storage Routines
  • Storage Structures and Enumerations
  • I/O Requests for Mass Storage Drivers
  • Storage WMI classes for management

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff566970(v=VS.85).aspx

Storage Samples:

Samples for the following driver types are available:

  • AddFilter
  • CDROM Class Driver
  • Common Library for Storage Class Drivers
  • Disk Class Driver
  • DiskPerf filter driver
  • flpyDisk
  • Pciide
  • SCSI Pass Through Interface
  • Sfloppy
  • Storage SDIO Driver Sample
  • iSCSI WMI Sample
  • MPIO DSM Sample
  • Storport Example Driver

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff567002(v=VS.85).aspx

 

Design Guides:

Design guides for the following driver types are also available:

  • Storage Drivers
  • Storage Class Drivers
  • Storage Port Drivers
  • Storage Miniport Drivers
  • Storage Virtual Miniport Drivers
  • Storage Filter Drivers
  • Storage Silo Drivers
  • Crash Dump Filter Drivers
  • CD-Rom Drivers
  • Tape Drivers
  • Changer Drivers

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff566969(v=VS.85).aspx