HandsOn Microsoft Windows Server 2008.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Hands-On Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hands-On Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Chapter 7 Configuring and Managing Data Storage Hands-On Microsoft Windows Server 2008 * Objectives Understand storage options for Windows Server 2008 Understand the tools available to configure and manage storage Explain and configure RAID disk storage fault tolerance Back up disk storage Hands-On Microsoft Windows Server 2008 * Terminology Partitioning A process that blocks a group of tracks and sectors to be used by a particular file system, such as NTFS Formatting A process that creates a table (File Allocation Table) containing file and folder information for a specific file system in a partition Volume A logical designation of disk storage that is created out of one or more physical disks Is partitioned and formatted with one file system RAID stands for redundant array of inexpensive (or independent) disks A set of standards for lengthening disk life and preventing data loss Partition Styles MBR – Master Boot Record GPT – GUID (globally unique identifier) Partition Table Hands-On Microsoft Windows Server 2008 * Master Boot Record (MBR) Master Boot Record (MBR) and a partition table are created when a drive is partitioned located in the first sector and track of the hard disk (sector zero and track zero) Contains startup information about partitions and how to access the disk The partition table stores drive geometry Uses Hidden sectors to store system information Supports volumes up to 2 terabytes Supports up to 4 primary partitions or up to 3 primary partitions and one extended partition per disk Hands-On Microsoft Windows Server 2008 * GUID Partition Table - GPT Default partition style for x64 systems Uses partitions rather than hidden sectors to store system information Uses EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) to boot the drive (/technology/efi/) Uses primary and backup partition tables to improve integrity Supports up to 128 partition