ITN 200 Mod 7

Trimming erases sections of the volatile memory chips on an SSD that no longer contain data, consolidating the existing data into fewer memory locations.

False

Shaw, a server administrator, uses an iSCSI SAN protocol to transfer data to and from SAN devices at a speed of up to 40 Gb/s. He configures one of the SAN devices to provide storage to Jasper's Windows Server 2019 system. What should Jasper configure in his system to be able to connect to the storage?

The iSCSI target

What are the different RAID levels, and how are they different from each other?

0,1,4,5,6,10. They have different speeds, redundancies, and capacity.

How much storage space is reserved on a storage device to convert a storage disk to a dynamic disk using a Windows tool?

1 MB

Which of the following is a requirement for using Storage Spaces Direct?

A 10 GB Ethernet network interface with remote-direct memory access (RDMA) support is a must.

The modern partition table is called the Master Boot Record (MBR) and uses storage devices that are larger than 2 TB.

False

Zuber is configuring Windows Server 2019 as an iSCSI SAN device. He has successfully created an iSCSI virtual disk and a new iSCSI target. He is trying to connect his system to the new iSCSI target but he is facing a connection issue. What must be the cause for the connection issue?

IQN is not present in the access server list.

Rishab is looking for ways to manage duplicate file content on his organization's shared drive. He enables data deduplication for this purpose. To save computing resources, he wants to change the settings such that data deduplication occurs in the evening. What must Rishab do to make this change?

Click Set Deduplication Schedule

How do you create a RAID level 1 volume with two disks in the Disk Management tool?

Right-click on the disk that you want to configure as a RAID volume and then click New Mirrored Volume to create a RAID level 1 volume with two disks

Which of the following statements is true of SAN devices?

SAN devices are functionally like an external USB drive.

What are the two main tools in Windows Server 2019 that you can use to create and manage local volumes and how do they differ?

Server Manager, Disk Management.

Sam, an administrator, sends out an HR policy file to Vicky, Mohammad, Charle, and Reena. They save the HR policy file on their home directories under a shared folder of Windows Server 2019 with different file names. As a result, the same copies of the file are present multiple times with different names. Reena opens and saves the file after making minor changes. What will happen to the files when Sam enables the Data Deduplication Service on Windows Server 2019?

A new copy of Reena's file is created and associated with the same file name.

As a server administrator, you are performing GPT partitioning for the storage device on a system with UEFI BIOS. What functions will this partitioning allow you to do if you create additional volumes on a single storage device?

GPT's number of partitions. Their protective MBR.

Explain why optimizing volumes is necessary.

It improves read performance of host applications in the storage system.

Rebecca is configuring a RAID with three storage devices. If she saves a file, the file will be divided into three sections, with each section written to separate storage devices concurrently, in a third of the amount of time it would take to save the entire file on one storage device. Which of the following RAID levels is Rebecca configuring?

RAID level 0

One of the disks on your computer is running low on storage space. You notice that there is unallocated space in the spanned volume. How will you use the unallocated space to increase storage space?

Right-click the volume on that disk and click Extend Volume to increase the size of the volume using the unallocated space

Pablo is a system administrator in training. He is trying to manually defragment the F: volume in Becky's system. Help Pablo identify the correct method to perform manual defragmentation.

Right-click the volume, click Properties, highlight the Tools tab, and click the Optimize button.

Gabriela attempts to create a virtual disk on a storage pool using Server Manager. However, she is unable to select the Create storage tiers on this virtual disk option. Why do you think she is not able to use the option?

The system uses an SSD and not an HDD.

Saif wants to create a backup of all his open files on Windows Server 2019. He does not wish to use third-party software to perform a backup on his system. Suggest an alternative for Saif to perform the backup.

Use Windows Server Backup.

A server rack containing data files, databases, web content, etc. is stored on an external SAN, which is connected to the Windows Server 2019 operating system via iSCSI. Which of the following is not likely to be achieved with this configuration?

Using hardware RAID externally to provide fault tolerance

Sonia is configuring a RAID level 5 array with five disks. Each disk has the capacity to store 3 TB of data. What is the total storage size that Sonia can use to store data?

12 TB

Adair suspects that some of the RAID volumes on her system have exhausted the available capacity provided by a storage pool. She tries to add storage devices to the existing storage pool to provide additional space for creating new RAID volumes, but the newly added storage device displays a Lost connection status. What can Adair do to manage storage device failure?

Add storage device to the storage pool. Importing and removing the device. Then restarting the storage pool or server.

Parker runs the net start svsvc command at a Command Prompt to scan volume errors. He finds a corrupted spot on a volume. How can Parker directly go to the corrupted spot identified by the Spot Verifier service?

By using the /spotfix option with the chkdsk command

If users report errors when trying to save or open files, what would you do as an administrator?

Change the privileges using Administrative privileges.

Tara, an administrator, has added storage devices to the storage pool and selected the RAID level for the virtual disk using Server Manager. She wishes to allocate more space than is required for the current amount of data such that the system only uses the actual space it needs, enabling the actual size to grow with data.

Create several thin-provisioned virtual disks

You are asked to create seven partitions in a storage device that uses an MBR. The device already has two partitions. However, you are also told that you cannot create more than a certain number of partitions on the storage device using an MBR. What would your next step be?

Create the partitions and label one of the partitions as extended

Merjem, a PhD student, is writing her thesis. She takes regular backup of her files and data. When taking backup, she chooses the Faster backup performance option in the Optimize Backup Performance window. Which of the following is true of the backup process in the given scenario?

Every backup only backs up data that has been modified since the previous backup.

How will you configure an existing Windows Server 2019 system as an iSCSI SAN device?

Going the iSCSI Initiator properties and setting up Quick Connect. Then using Disk management to put the disk online and initializing it.

While copying files between folders, it is possible to retrace and complete the transfer in case of a power failure if an NTFS-based filesystem is being used. The same cannot be said for a FAT32 filesystem. What do you think could be the reason for this difference?

NTFS is a journaling filesystem, while FAT32 is not.

Imran is associating a drive letter to a filesystem so that the drive letter can be accessed by the operating system. What is the term given to the process that Imran is carrying out?

Mounting

Madison is using the Backup Schedule Wizard from the Actions pane of the Windows Server Backup tool. He selects the backup configuration as Custom and specifies the items to be backed up. While adding the items to be backed up, he happens to select the System state option. What does this option create a backup of?

Operating system settings

Which of the following RAID level configurations is not supported by Windows Server 2019?

RAID level 2

How is a simple volume created in Server Manager?

Right-clicking an unpartitioned area and selecting New Volume.

Identify the option that can be used to create storage pools that include storage devices from different servers on a network.

Storage Spaces Direct

Nadia uses the Disk Management tool to create a simple volume in one of the disks. She specifies the simple volume size and chooses a drive letter. While selecting the formatting options, she modifies the default allocation unit size. What will happen if the allocation unit size is large? ​

The performance of file sharing applications will increase.

Using a disk management tool, you can create a GPT on a disk that has an MBR when no partitions exist on a disk.

True

Which of the following is a term given to the software component in the operating system that connects to the SAN device via iSCSI?

iSCSI initiator