Test Out PC Pro - 5.4.7 Practice Questions - (RAID)

You have been asked to implement a RAID 5 solution for an engineer's desktop workstation. What is the minimum number of hard disks that can be used to configure RAID 5?

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One of the video editors in your company is worried that he might lose a lot of data if his hard drive fails. He has asked you to come up with a solution. To do this, you have decided to implement a RAID 10 solution on his desktop workstation. What is the minimum number of disks that can be used?

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You are running Windows 10 on your computer. You want to decrease the time it takes to write data to your drives. To do this, you have decided to create a Windows software RAID system using a striped volume. Before you create the striped volume, which action must you take.

Convert basic disks to dynamic disks

You have a computer with three hard disks. A RAID 0 volume uses space on Disk 1 and Disk 2. A RAID 1 volume uses space on Disk 2 and Disk 3. Disk 2 fails. Which of the following is true? 1.) Data on both volumes is still accessible. 2.) Data on both volumes is not accessible. 3.) Data on the RAID 0 volume is accessible; data on the RAID 1 volume is not. 4.) Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible; data on the raid 0 volume is not.

Data on the RAID 1 volume is accessible; data on the raid 0 volume is not.

You have an existing computer running Windows 10. You want to configure a RAID 1 array in the computer. You install two new SATA drives, then use the RAID controller integrated in the motherboard to define a RAID 1 array using them. When you boot the computer, Windows does not show the logical RAID drive. What should you do?

Install the drivers for the RAID controller.

You are configuring a new system, and you want to use a RAID 0 array for the operation system using SATA disks and the RAID functionality built into the motherboard. What is the best action you will take as part of the configuration?

Load the RAID drivers during operating system installation.

You are building a new computer that will contain two hard disks. To provide increased performance, you have decided to configure the drives using RAID technology. What RAID format will best meet your needs?

RAID 0

You have been asked to configured the drives in a computer. The end user wants to use striping without incorporating any fault tolerance. What will best meet these requirements?

RAID 0

Ben is concerned about losing his data due to a hard disk failure. His computer will only support a maximum of three disks. To protect his data, you have decided to use RAID. What RAID type would give Ben the BEST mirrored data protection?

RAID 1

One of your customers wants you to build a personal server that he can use in his home. One of his concerns is making sure he has at least one backup of their data stored on the server in the event that a disk fails. You have decided to backup his data using RAID. Since this server is for personal use only, the customer wants to keep costs down. Therefore, he would like to keep the number of drives to a minimum. What RAID would best meet his specifications?

RAID 1

A computer being used by the HR department needs to ensure that all of the data on the computer is protected from a single hard disk failure. The data needs to be read as quickly as possible,and the HR department would like to maximize drive use as much as possible. This computer can use up to three hard drives. What RAID type would best meet there requirements and provide the best protection?

RAID 5

Which of the following drive configurations uses striping with parity for fault tolerance?

RAID 5

What is an advantage of RAID 5 over RAID 1?

RAID 5 improves performance over RAID 1

You work for a small company as the human resources specialist. Since the company is fairly small, you are maintaining all of the employee information on your desktop computer, which is running Windows 10. This computer has two high-capacity hard disks. You want to ensure that this information is protected from a hard disk failure, so you want to set up a Windows software RAID system. What would be the best solution?

Use mirrored volumes