Exam 98-365: Windows Server Administration Fundamentals/Understanding Storage

This lesson covers Understanding Storage. It looks at storage technologies, RAID, and disk types.

Activity 1 - Identify Storage Technologies
This objective may include but is not limited to: advantages and disadvantages of different storage types; local (SATA, SCSI, IDE); NAS; SAN; fibre channel; iSCSI; NFS; FC HBA and FC switches; iSCSI hardware.
 * 1) Read  Computer data storage.
 * 2) Read  Serial attached SCSI.
 * 3) Read  Network-attached storage.
 * 4) Read  Storage Area Network.
 * 5) Read  iSCSI.

Activity 2 - Understand RAID
This objective may include but is not limited to: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and combinations; hardware and software RAID.
 * 1) Read RAID.

Activity 3 - Understand Disk Types
This objective may include but is not limited to: ATA; basic disk; dynamic disk; mount points; file systems; mounting a virtual hard disk; distributed file systems; optical disks.
 * 1) Read File Systems.
 * 2) Read What are Basic and Dynamic Disks?.
 * 3) Read How Dynamic Disks and Volumes Work.