Server disk management in a Windows environment. (©2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Drew Robb.
• Other Names: Robb, Drew
• Contents: Hard Disks and How They Are Organized; Hardware Components of the Hard Drive; ; SCSI versus ATA; ATA Drives; Small Computer Systems Interface Drives; What's on a Disk; Disk Performance Definitions and Metrics; Disk Formatting; Grouping Disks: Stripe Sets and RAID; Evaluating Disks; Mean Time Between Failures; ; Windows File Systems; Enterprise Windows; Magnetic Disk Systems; FAT; NTFS; Additional NTFS Features; FAT versus NTFS; Converting FAT to NTFS; Optical Disk Formats; Partitioning Strategies; Summary; ; Hard Drive Reliability; MTBF Explained; Adding Up the Cost of Disk Failure; Don't Rely on Backup; Don't Rely on RAID; Predicting Failure; Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology; How Often Do Disks Fail?; Not So SMART; Products using SMART; Compaq Insight Manager; OEM Disk Monitoring Tools; SpinRite; Hot Swapability; Disks Will Fail; ; Disk Management Basics for Windows 2000; The Importance of Disk Management; Basic Tasks; Disk Management Console; Converting a Basic Disk to a Dynamic Disk; Basic/Dynamic Disks and Windows XP; Be Dynamic, Choose Dynamic; ; Backing Up Windows Networks; No More Simple Backups; Windows Backup: What it Includes; Using the Built-In Windows Backup Utility; Emergency Repair Disk and Restore Functions; Additional XP Backup Features; Beyond Basic Backups; Backup Cautions; Backing up Mixed Windows/Linux Networks; Storage Portal Case Study; ; Disaster Recovery and Disk Management; Is Your Data Really Protected?; A Blended Approach to Data Protection; Contingency Plan; Make DRP Comprehensive; The Economics of Disaster; Recognition of Mission Critical Elements; Drilling; Data Organization; Test and Refine Some More; ; Disk Performance and Fragmentation; History and Origins of Fragmentation; Does NTFS Suffer from Fragmentation?; How Much Fragmentation Occurs in NTFS; Defining Fragmentation; Free Space Fragmentation; Fragmentation Adversely Affects Systems Stability; Remedying Fragmentation; How Defragmenters Work; Defragmentation Safety Issues; Defragmentation Performance Testing; Windows 2000 Tests; Running the Windows 2000 Disk Defragmenter; WDD Cautions; Better Free Defragmenter; Defragmenting a System; Hardware Upgrades versus Defragmentation; TCO of Manual versus Network Defragmenters; Uptime Guarantee; ; Disk Optimization: Optimum or Not?; Hard Drives Are Slow; Enter Optimization; Optimization Pros and Cons; Optimization Shortcomings; Proven Disk Performance Solutions; Conclusions; ; Quotaing of Disks; What is a Disk Quota?; Quota Terminology; Disk Quota Management; Strengths of the Windows 2000 Built In Quota Utility; Limitations; Third Party Alternatives; Case Study; Conclusion: Upgrade to a Third Party Disk Quota Tool; ; Hard Disk Forensics: The Hard Disk as a Source of Evidence; The Rise of Computer Crime; Melissa; I Love You; Definitions of Computer Crime and Computer Forensics; Uses of Computer Forensics; Recovering Evidence; Printed versus Electronic Versions; Microsoft Word Confessions; Preserving Confidentiality in Microsoft Word; Finding Missing Files; Shredder Programs; Forensic Software; ; Simplifying Disk Management for Storage Assets; Snapshot Technology; Copy-on-Write; Split Mirror; Backing up SQL Server; Breakthrough in Backup and Recovery Performance; Microsoft System Restore; Shadow Sets; Advantages of VSS; Storage Virtualization; Storage and RAID; Server Attached Storage; Storage Area Networks; SAN Appliances; What is True Storage Virtualization?; Virtualization Scenarios; Virtualization and Windows-Based Servers; ; Server Consolidation and Disk Management Simplification; Harsh Economic Realities; Assessing the Reliability, Availability, and Manageability of the Data Center; Data Center Cost Analysis; Leveraging New Technologies to Streamline Data Center Operations; Scaling Out; Scaling Up; Server Price and Performance; Wintel Servers Challenge Domination of Big Three; Windows 2000 Datacenter Server; Midrange Hardware for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server; Fewer Servers; Server Consolidation at La-Z-Boy; Limits to Consolidation; When Consolidation Makes Sense; ; Windows Past, Windows Present: Windows NT and Windows 2000; Windows NT; Windows NT in Action; NT's Days Are Numbered; The Windows 2000 Server Family; Windows 2000 Server; Certified for Windows 2000 Log; Windows 2000 Advanced Server; Windows 2000 Datacenter Server; Datacenter Server User Study; The Rigors of Windows 2000 Migration; The Three Active Directory States: Native Mode, Mixed Mode, and Parallel Mode; Windows 2000 Migrations Tools; Making the Transition to Native Mode; Consolidating Directories; Windows 2000 Migration Case Studies; No Universal AD Panacea; ; Windows Present: Windows XP; No More DOS; XP Fastboot; Prefetching; Layout Optimization; Boot Optimization versus File Optimization; XP Fast Resume; Tips to Improve the Impact of Fastboot and Fast Resume; Underlying XP Architecture; Beware XP's Consumer Features; The XP Windows Media Player; The XP CD Burner; The XP Defragger; XP's Security Features; XP's Task Manager; XP's Performance Tool; XP Quotas; XP Backup; Backward Compatibility of XP; Extending Hardware Lifespan; Improved XP Management; Only Room For So Much; ; Windows Present/Future: .NET Server 2003, 64-bit Computing and Beyond; Microsoft .NET; What is .NET?; .NET and Web Services; The .NET Starting Roster; .NET Case Study: Making the Case for Information Sharing; Nothing But .NET: What are the Alternatives to .NET?; .NET Slam Dunk; .NET Server 2003; The Members of .NET Server 2003 Family; 64-bit Windows; 64-bit at a Glance; Who needs 64 bit?; The Next Few Years of Windows: Longhorn, Blackcomb and XP Second Edition; ; Asset Management for Server Hardware and Software; The Asset Management Explosion; Hot Spots; Piracy and Asset Management; Asset Management Strata; System/Desktop Management Platforms; Microsoft Systems Management Server; Simplifying Asset Management; ; Software Deployment and Distribution on Windows Platforms; Deployment Complexity; Security Breaches; Securing the Walls; XP Patches; Frameworks and Software Deployment; Microsoft Tools and Software Deployment; Site Licensing/Tracking Software; Software Deployment Case Study; Do You Feel Lucky?; ; Your Disk and Disk Management Future; The Storage Industry is Healthy; Faster Data Transfer; Bigger and Better Drives; Fujitsu Drives; What the Future Holds; Conclusion; ; Glossary of Terms; Bibliography
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton [Fla.] : Auerbach Publications
• Publication Date: 2004
• Copyright Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 249 pages)
• Subjects: 004.5/63; Hard disk management; Client/server computing; COMPUTERS -- System Administration -- Storage & Retrieval; Client/server computing; Hard disk management; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0203498747; 9780203498743
• Related ISBNs: 9780849324321; 0849324327
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-238) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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