1. Server 2008
Disk Management

2. Disk Partition
 Disk partitioning is the act of dividing a hard disk
drive into multiple logical storage units referred to
as partitions, to treat one physical disk drive as if
it were multiple disks. Partitions are also termed
"slices" for operating systems based on BSD,
Solaris or GNU Hurd.

3. Disk formatting
 Disk formatting is the process of preparing a
data storage device such as a hard disk drive,
solid-state drive, floppy disk or USB flash drive for
initial use.

4. Basic Disk Storage
 A basic disk uses primary partitions, extended
partitions, and logical drives to organize data. A
formatted partition is also called a volume (the
terms volume and partition are often used
interchangeably). In this version of Windows,
basic disks can have either four primary partitions
or three primary and one extended partition. The
extended partition can contain an unlimited
number of logical drives. The partitions on a basic
disk cannot share or split data with other
partitions. Each partition on a basic disk is a
separate entity on the disk.

5. Dynamic Disk Storage
 Dynamic disks can contain an unlimited number of
dynamic volumes that function like the primary
partitions used on basic disks.
 The main difference between basic disks and
dynamic disks is that dynamic disks are able to split
or share data among two or more dynamic hard disks
on a computer.
 For example, a single dynamic volume may actually
be made up of storage space on two separate hard
disks. Also, dynamic disks can duplicate data among
two or more hard disks to guard against the chance of
a single disk failing.
 This capability requires more hard disks, but improves
reliability.

6. Dynamic Storage Terms
 A volume is a storage unit made from free space
on one or more disks. It can be formatted with a
file system and assigned a drive letter. Volumes
on dynamic disks can have any of the following
layouts: simple, spanned, mirrored, striped, or
RAID-5.

7. A simple volume
 A simple volume uses free space from a single
disk. It can be a single region on a disk or consist
of multiple, concatenated regions. A simple
volume can be extended within the same disk or
onto additional disks. If a simple volume is
extended across multiple disks, it becomes a
spanned volume.

8. A spanned volume
 A spanned volume is created from free disk
space that is linked together from multiple disks.
You can extend a spanned volume onto a
maximum of 32 disks. A spanned volume cannot
be mirrored and is not fault-tolerant.

9. A striped volume
 A striped volume is a volume whose data is
interleaved across two or more physical disks.
The data on this type of volume is allocated
alternately and evenly to each of the physical
disks. A striped volume cannot be mirrored or
extended and is not fault-tolerant. Striping is also
known as RAID-0.

10. A mirrored volume
 A mirrored volume is a fault-tolerant volume
whose data is duplicated on two physical disks.
All of the data on one volume is copied to another
disk to provide data redundancy. If one of the
disks fails, the data can still be accessed from the
remaining disk. A mirrored volume cannot be
extended. Mirroring is also known as RAID-1.

11. A RAID-5 volume
 A RAID-5 volume is a fault-tolerant volume
whose data is striped across an array of three or
more disks. Parity (a calculated value that can be
used to reconstruct data after a failure) is also
striped across the disk array. If a physical disk
fails, the portion of the RAID-5 volume that was
on that failed disk can be re-created from the
remaining data and the parity. A RAID-5 volume
cannot be mirrored or extended.

12. The system volume
 The system volume contains the hardware-
specific files that are needed to load Windows (for
example, Ntldr, Boot.ini, and Ntdetect.com). The
system volume can be, but does not have to
be, the same as the boot volume.

13. The boot volume
 The boot volume contains the Windows
operating system files that are located in the
%Systemroot% and %Systemroot%'System32
folders. The boot volume can be, but does not
have to be, the same as the system volume.

14. Lab
 Prerequisites:
 Before working on this lab, you must have
 A computer running windows 2008 server with at
least 3 Hard disks.

15. Creating Primary Partitions

16. Cont..
 2. Expand
Storage, Select
Disk
Management,
on Basic Disk
Right click on
Unallocated
Space to
create primary
partition.
 3. Select New
Simple
Volume.

17. Cont..
 4. Click
Next.
 5. Give
Volume Size
and click
Next.

18. Cont..
6. Assign Drive
Letter click Next

19. Cont..
7. Select the file system
as NTFS Select
Perform a Quick Format
click Next
8. Click Finish.

20. Converting Basic Disk to Dynamic Disk
1. Go to Disk
Management
Right click
on Basic Disk
Select
Convert to
Dynamic Disk

21. Cont..
 2. Select the
Disks click
OK.
 3. Click
Convert
click Yes.

22. Creating Simple Volume
1. Right click on
Computer
Manage.
2. Expand
Storage, Select
Disk
Management.
3. Right-click the
unallocated
space on
dynamic disk
click New
Simple Volume.

23. Cont..
4. Click Next.
5. Select the dynamic Disk you want to use, and
then click add Assign the Disk Space for the
Simple Volume
6. Assign Drive Letter click Next
7. Select the file system as NTFS to format
Select Perform a Quick Format click Next
8. Click Finish.
9. Simple Volume is created.

24. Creating Spanned Volume
1. Right click on
Computer
Manage Expand
Storage Disk
Management.
2. Right-click the
unallocated space
on the dynamic disk
on which you want
to create Spanned
volume and then
click New Spanned
Volume.
3. Click Next.

25. Cont..
 4. Select the
dynamic Disk
you want to use,
and then click
add
 5. Assign the
Disk Space for
the Spanned
Volume for both
disks click
Next

26. Cont..
 6. Assign Drive Letter click Next.
 7. Select the file system as NTFS Select
Perform a Quick Format click Next.
 8. Click Finish.
 9. Spanned Volume is created

27. Creating Striped Volume
 1. Right click on
Computer
Manage
Expand
Storage Disk
Management
Right-click on
unallocated
space in
dynamic disk
click New
Striped
Volume.

28. Cont..
 2. Click Next.
 3. Select the
dynamic disk
you want to
use and then
click add 
assign the
Disk Space
for the
Striped
Volume for
both disks
click Next.

29. Cont..
 4. Assign Drive Letter click Next.
 5. Select the file system as NTFS Select
Perform a Quick Format click Next.
 6. Click Finish.
 7. A Stripped Volume is created.

30. Creating Mirrored Volume
 1. Right click on
Computer
Manage
Expand
Storage Disk
Management
Right click on
unallocated
space on
dynamic disk
click New
Mirrored
Volume.

31. Cont..
 2. Click Next
 3. Select the
dynamic disk
You want to
use, and then
click add
Assign the
Disk Space for
the Mirrored
Volume for
both disks
(Ex:
500)click
Next

32. Cont..
 4. Assign Drive Letter click Next
 5. Select the file system as NTFS Select
Perform a Quick Format click Next.
 6. Click Finish.
 7. The mirrored Volume is created.

33. Creating RAID-5 Volume
 1. Right click
on Computer
Manage 
Expand
Storage Disk
Management
Right click
on
unallocated
space on the
dynamic disk
click New
Raid5 Volume.

34. Cont..
 2. Click Next.
 3. Select the
dynamic disks you
want to use, and
then click Add
Assign the Disk
Space for the
RAID 5 Volume
for all disks (Ex:
500)click Next.

35. Cont..
 4. Assign Drive Letter click Next.
 5. Select the file system as NTFS Select
Perform a Quick Format click Next.
 6. Click Finish.
 7. The RAID-5 Volume is created.

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