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Storage Management

This tutorial introduces Windows Server 2008 storage management. Data is stored throughout the enterprise on a variety of systems and storage devices, the most common of which are hard disk drives but also can include storage management devices and removable media devices. Managing and maintaining the myriad of systems and storage devices is the responsibility of administrators. If a storage device fails, runs out of space, or encounters other problems, serious negative consequences can result. Servers could crash, applications could stop working, and users could lose data, all of which affect the productivity of users and the organization's bottom line. You can help prevent such problems and losses by implementing sound storage management procedures that allow you to evaluate your current and future storage needs and also help you meet current and future performance, capacity, and availability requirements. You then must configure storage appropriately for the requirements you've defined.

In this tutorial:

  1. Essential Storage Technologies
  2. Improving Storage Management
  3. Booting from SANs and Using SANs with Clusters
  4. Configuring Multipath I/O
  5. Installing and Configuring File Services
  6. Configuring the File Services Role
  7. Configuring Storage
  8. Adding New Disks
  9. Using the MBR and GPT Partition Styles
  10. Using and Converting MBR and GPT Disks
  11. Using the Disk Storage Types
  12. Using and Converting Basic and Dynamic Disks
  13. Converting FAT or FAT32 to NTFS
  14. Working with Removable Disks
  15. Managing MBR Disk Partitions on Basic Disks
  16. Formatting a Partition, Logical Drive, or Volume
  17. Configuring Drive Letters
  18. Configuring Mount Points
  19. Extending Partitions
  20. Shrinking Partitions
  21. Managing GPT Disk Partitions on Basic Disks
  22. Primary Partitions
  23. Managing Volumes on Dynamic Disks
  24. Configuring RAID 0: Striping
  25. Moving Dynamic Disks
  26. Configuring RAID 1: Disk Mirroring
  27. Mirroring Boot and System Volumes
  28. Configuring RAID 5: Disk Striping with Parity
  29. Breaking or Removing a Mirrored Set
  30. Repairing a Mirrored System Volume
  31. Resolving Problems with RAID-5 Sets