Windows Server® 2008 Inside Out

Chapter 14. Storage Management

Essential Storage Technologies

Configuring Multipath I/O

Installing and Configuring File Services

Configuring Storage

Managing MBR Disk Partitions on Basic Disks

Managing GPT Disk Partitions on Basic Disks

Managing Volumes on Dynamic Disks

This chapter 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 ...