Storage, Hyper-V & Server Configuration Flashcards

Which Windows Server 2012 feature allows administrators to pool physical disks and create virtual disks with resiliency options such as mirroring and parity?

Answer: Storage Spaces

Storage Spaces, introduced in Windows Server 2012, allows administrators to group physical disks into storage pools and create virtual disks with mirroring, parity, or simple layouts.

In Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V, what is the maximum amount of RAM supported per virtual machine?

Answer: 512 GB

Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V supports up to 512 GB of RAM per virtual machine (later increased to 1 TB in Windows Server 2012 R2).

Which Hyper-V virtual switch type in Windows Server 2012 allows VMs to communicate only with each other and not with the host or external network?

Answer: Private virtual switch

A Private virtual switch isolates VMs from the host and all external networks, allowing only VM-to-VM communication on the same private switch.

What is the purpose of the Windows Server 2012 iSCSI Target Server role service?

Answer: Provide block-level storage to iSCSI initiators over the network

iSCSI Target Server allows Windows Server 2012 to present virtual disks as iSCSI LUNs over a TCP/IP network, enabling iSCSI initiators to mount them as local storage.

In Windows Server 2012, what does the Resilient File System (ReFS) provide over NTFS?

Answer: Improved data integrity with automatic error correction and better scalability for large volumes

ReFS provides stronger data integrity through checksumming metadata and (with Storage Spaces) data, automatic corruption repair, and support for very large volumes and files.

Which Windows Server 2012 feature reduces storage consumption by eliminating duplicate copies of data on a volume?

Answer: Data Deduplication

Data Deduplication in Windows Server 2012 identifies and removes redundant data chunks, storing a single copy while maintaining pointers, significantly reducing storage usage for file servers and VDI.