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- Module 1: This module describes some of the different storage technologies, including different types of server-based and cloud-based storage. This module will also cover considerations for configuring storage for use in Windows client.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the different ways to access storage.
- Explain the difference between network-attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SANs).
- Compare MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) disks.
- Describe how to convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk.
- Describe the tools available for managing disks.
- Describe a simple volume.
- Describe mirrored, spanned, and striped volumes.
- Create volumes, resize, and manage volumes.
- Module 2: This module explores file system fragmentation and the tools that you can use to reduce fragmentation. Students will learn how Windows can compress files to take up less space on the hard disk.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Explain the primary characteristics of the Storage functionality in Windows client.
- Describe how to use the Storage functionality.
- Describe how files stored on disks might fragment.
- Describe how to defragment volumes.
- Explain folder compression.
- Describe how to compress folders.
- Describe what disk quotas are.
- Describe how to configure disk quotas.
- Module 3: This module explains how to configure and implement the Storage Spaces feature in Windows.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Explain what the Storage Spaces feature is.
- Describe the features of Storage Spaces.
- Discuss in which scenarios to use Storage Spaces.
- Show how to configure Storage Spaces.
