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exeRcISe 1.4
(continued)
4.
The Convert To Dynamic Disk dialog box appears. From here, select all of the disks that
you want to convert to dynamic disks. In this exercise, only one disk will be converted.
5.
Click OK.
6.
The Convert To Dynamic Disk dialog box changes to the Disks To Convert dialog box
and shows the disk/disks that will be converted to dynamic disks.
7.
Click Convert.
8.
Disk Management will warn that if you convert the disk to dynamic, you will not be able
to start the installed operating system from any volume on the disk (except the current
boot volume). Click Yes.
9.
Close Computer Management.
The converted disk will now show as Dynamic in Disk Management.
Managing Volumes
A
volume set
is created from volumes that span multiple drives by using the free space from
those drives to construct what will appear to be a single drive. The following list includes
the various types of volume sets and their definitions:
■
Simple volume
uses only one disk or a portion of a disk.
■
Spanned volume
is a simple volume that spans multiple disks, with a maximum of 32.
Use a spanned volume if the volume needs are too great for a single disk.
■
Striped volume
stores data in stripes across two or more disks. A striped volume gives
you fast access to data but is not fault tolerant, nor can it be extended or mirrored. If
one disk in the striped set fails, the entire volume fails.
■
Mirrored volume
duplicates data across two disks. This type of volume is fault tolerant
because if one drive fails, the data on the other disk is unaffected.
■
RAID-5 volume
stores data in stripes across three or more disks. This type of volume
is fault tolerant because if a drive fails, the data can be re-created from the parity off
of the remaining disk drives. Operating system files and boot files cannot reside on the
RAID-5 disks.
Exercise 1.5 illustrates the procedure for creating a volume set.
exeRcISe 1.5
creating a volume Set
1.
Open Computer Management under Administrative Tools.
2.
Select Disk Management.
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