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  • Jan 1, 2099
This chapter is from the book

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MCSA 70-740 Cert Guide: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016MCSA 70-740 Cert Guide: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016

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This chapter is from the book

This chapter is from the book

MCSA 70-740 Cert Guide: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016MCSA 70-740 Cert Guide: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016

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This chapter covers the following subjects:

  • Storage Spaces: Windows Server 2016 makes it simple to combine multiple physical disks into whatever logical storage scheme you might need. The industry term for this is storage virtualization. Of course, this section details this technology for you.

  • Storage Area Networks: Windows Server 2016 can integrate very well with Fibre Channel and related Storage Area Network (SAN) technologies. This part of the chapter covers topics like the creation of iSCSI targets and initiators as well as advanced topics like DCB and MPIO.

  • Storage Replica: A great new feature of Windows Server 2016 is the replication of data between storage locations. This section describes the various options available, and when they are right for your design.

Microsoft offers many rich storage features in Windows Server 2016. This chapter covers some of the most important ones, including Storage Spaces, Storage Area Network (SAN) features, and Storage Replica capabilities.

“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz

The “Do I Know This Already?” quiz allows you to assess whether you should read the entire chapter. Table 5-1 lists the major headings in this chapter and the “Do I Know This Already?” quiz questions covering the material in those headings so you can assess your knowledge of these specific areas. The answers to the “Do I Know This Already?” quiz appear in Appendix A, “Answers to the ‘Do I Know This Already?’ Quizzes and Q&A Questions.”

Table 5-1 “Do I Know This Already?” Foundation Topics Section-to-Question Mapping

Foundation Topics Section

Questions

Storage Spaces

1, 2

Storage Area Networks

3, 4

Storage Replica

5, 6

CAUTION

The goal of self-assessment is to gauge your mastery of the topics in this chapter. If you do not know the answer to a question or are only partially sure of the answer, you should mark your answer as incorrect for purposes of the self-assessment. Giving yourself credit for an answer you correctly guess skews your self-assessment results and might provide you with a false sense of security.

  1. What Storage Spaces layout choice is similar to RAID 5?

    1. Simple

    2. Three-way mirror

    3. Parity

    4. Two-way mirror

  2. How many disks are needed for three-way mirroring?

    1. Two

    2. Three

    3. Four

    4. Five

  3. What SAN technology is critical for lossless connectivity in a converged network?

    1. iSNS

    2. DCB

    3. MPIO

    4. MCS

  4. What SAN technology is critical for resiliency for the connectivity of iSCSI targets?

    1. DCB

    2. iSNS

    3. MPIO

    4. FC

  5. In what scenarios could Storage Replica be critical? Choose two.

    1. File Server

    2. SYSVOL

    3. SQL Server

    4. Microsoft Exchange

  6. What PowerShell cmdlet do you use to configure Storage Replica?

    1. New-Replica

    2. New-SRPartnership

    3. New-SReplica

    4. New-SReplicaPeer

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