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26 Cards in this Set
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(T/F) Partitioning is a process that blocks a group of hard drives to be used by a file system. |
False, partitioning occurs on a single hard drive's tracks and sectors |
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What is the difference between a basic and dynamic disk? |
A basic disk uses traditional disk management techniques, while a dynamic disk does not. Dynamic disks are more flexible. |
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(T/F) A volume may consist of one or more partitions |
True |
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What is the difference between Master Boot Record (MBR) and Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table (GPT)? |
MBR has a smaller physical limit for partition size (2TB). MBR also limits the amount of partitions on the disk. |
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_________ _________ is the ability of a system to gradually recover from hardware or software failure |
Fault Tolerance |
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(T/F) The operating system boots from the basic disk |
False, boot occurs from the active partition |
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What comes first when installing a new disk on a WS2008 server, Partitioning or Formatting? |
Partitioning |
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The ____ partition contains the operating system files, such as the files in the C:\Windows folder |
boot |
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What is the name of the program used to backup from older Windows 2003 backups? |
Ntbackup.exe |
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What is a Storage Area Network (SAN)? |
A SAN is a grouping of storage devices that forms a subnet. The SAN is available to any server on the main network. |
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(T/F) iSCSI SANs are supported in WS2008 through Storage Manager |
True |
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What RAID levels do dynamic disks support? |
RAID 0, RAID1, RAID5 |
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What is the minimum number of disks for RAID-5? |
3 |
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(T/F) RAID-0 (data striping) extends the life of disks while providing fault tolerance in the event of drive failure |
False |
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Disk __________ provides additional fault tolerance by placing a backup disk on a separate controller than the main disk |
duplexing |
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Multipath I/O and the Device Specific Module (DSM) provide multiple configuration modes to increase fault tolerance between the server and a _____________ |
storage array |
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(T/F) Windows Server Backup tool allows an administrator to restore the Operating System |
True |
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How much free space is needed to convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk? |
1MB |
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What would prevent a disk from fully completing the shrinking process? |
1. Bad Cluster 2. Paging File 3. Shadow Backup |
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What tool allows an administrator improve disk performance after deleting files? |
Disk Defragmenter |
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(T/F) A LUN can be setup using the Disk Management tool |
False, LUNs are Logical Unit Numbers for SCSI drives in SANs, and can be configured using Storage Manager |
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A ______ drive appears as a folder in the WS2008 filesystem |
mounted |
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What two conditions must be met for a Windows Server 2008 boot from a basic disk? |
The disk must be an active and primary partition |
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A spanned volume is comprised of ___ to ___ disks treated as one volume |
2, 32 |
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(T/F) chkdsk checks indexes, sectors and disk allocation units (DAUs) on a drive |
True |
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The amount of storage space used for parity in RAID-_ is 1/n |
5 |
