What volume type consists of an equal amount of space from two disks, both of which must be dynamic disks?
Mirrored volume
What volume type consists of space from a single disk?
Simple volume
What volume type combines space from at least two, to a maximum of 32, physical disks, all of which must be dynamic disks?
Spanned volume
What volume type writes data one stripe at a time to each successive disk in the volume?
Striped volume
list of steps to create a spanned, striped, or mirrored volume
1)Open the Disk Management snap-in.
2)In the Graphical view, right-click an unallocated area on a disk and, from the context menu, select New Spanned Volume, New Striped Volume, or New Mirrored Volume.
3)Click Next to bypass the Welcome page.
4)On the Sel
list of step to create a volume.
1)Open the Disk Management snap-in.
2)In the Graphical view, right-click the unallocated area on the volume status column for the disk on which you want to create a volume and, from the context menu, select New Simple Volume.
3)Click Next to bypass the We
list of steps to convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk.
1)Open the Disk Management
snap-in.
2)In Disk List view, right-click the basic disk that you want to convert and, from the context menu, select Convert to Dynamic Disk.
3)Select the checkboxes for the disks you want to convert and then click OK.
4)The Dis
What name is given to the mathematical algorithm that some disk storage technologies use to provide data redundancy in their disk write operations?
Parity
What protective features does GPT offer for the partition table?
Replication and cyclical redundancy check
A primary partition that hosts an operating system is marked as what?
The active partition
A mirrored volume provides "blank" storage space as any of the other volume type.
half
On which tab of a volume's properties dialog box will you find the option to enable compression?
General
When must you convert an MBR partitioned disk to GPT partitioning?
Before you start using the disk
What does thin provisioning of storage pools allow you to do?
Configure a storage pool to be larger than the space provided by the available physical storage.
Why is it recommended that you perform a backup before starting a defragmentation?
Hard drives can fail during this intensive operation
When creating a storage pool using the three-way mirror option, what is the resultant size of the storage space in comparison to the total size of the physical disks in the pool?
One-third
What benefit is provided by the new Storage Spaces feature of Windows 8.1?
It allows you combine several physical drives into one logical drive
The members of which built-in security groups have the ability to shrink or extend a volume?
1)Administrators
2)Backup Operators
Before you can convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk, what is the maximum sector size that you can have configured for the disk?
512 bytes
On which tab of a disk's properties dialog box will you find information about the partition style and capacity of the disk?
Volumes
What is the recommended maximum partition size for exFAT partitions?
512 TB
What is a limitation of dynamic disks?
You cannot use dynamic disks on multiboot systems
How many active partitions can a hard disk hold?
1
What are 3 statements are true of extended partitions?
1)You do not format the extended partition.
2)Extended partitions cannot host an operating system.
3)Extended partitions cannot host an operating system.
How many primary partitions are supported on a GPT partitioned disk?
128
What is the maximum disk size supported when using GPT partitioning?
18 exabytes
What requirement must a computer meet in order to support booting from a GPT partitioned disk?
Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)-based boot partition
What was the first 32-bit version of Windows to support the GPT partitioning style?
Windows Vista
A Windows disk designation that calls for the use of primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives to organize data.
basic disk
A command-line program that manages disk partitions and volumes and that includes some capabilities not found in the Disk Management snap-in.
Diskpart.exe
A Windows disk designation describing an alternative to the basic disk that consists of a single partition occupying the entire disk and containing an unlimited number of volumes in that partition space.
dynamic disk
A 64-bit version of the file allocation table file system designed for use on large USB flash drives.
exFAT (extended file allocation table)
16-bit file system for hard disks that is limited to partitions no larger than 4 gigabytes.
FAT (file allocation table)
A 32-bit version of the file allocation table file system that supports partitions up to 32 gigabytes in size.
FAT32
A hard disk partition style supported by Windows 8.
GUID (globally unique identifier) partition table (GPT)
A disk partition style supported by all versions of Windows that allows up to four primary partitions or three primary partitions and one extended partition.
master boot record (MBR)
A type of hard disk volume that consists of an equal amount of space from two dynamic disks, which contain identical copies of the stored data. If one disk fails, the data remains accessible from the other disk.
mirrored volume
A type of hard disk volume that consists of space from a single disk.
simple volume
A type of hard disk volume that consists of space from at least two, to a maximum of 32, physical disks, all of which must be dynamic disks. A spanned volume is essentially a method for combining the space from multiple dynamic disks into a single large v
spanned volume
A type of hard disk volume that consists of space from at least two, to a maximum of 32, physical disks, all of which must be dynamic disks. The difference between a striped volume and a spanned volume is that in a striped volume, the system writes data o
striped volume
Maria has 3 hard disks on her computer. Using the Disk Management tool, she created a striped volume. What are advantages and disadvantages of her choice of volume type?
Give an advantage and explain why.
Give a disadvantage and explain why.
1)Great input/output performance
2)can not be extended or mirrored
3)no fault tolerance if a nother striped volume fails then they all fail making the data unaccessable
Elliot, the junior administrator for the company, is currently reviewing a Windows 8 x86 system. After opening Disk Management and right-clicking the disk status column in the Graphical view, he notices the context menu contains the Convert to GTP Disk me
its a disk that is non-bootable that is all unallocated space with no mbr and is used only as data storage