Storage & File Services Flashcards
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Which Windows Server 2012 role provides centralized management of distributed file system namespaces and replication?
Answer: DFS (Distributed File System)
DFS (Distributed File System) provides namespace aggregation and DFS Replication (DFSR) to synchronize folder content across multiple servers.
What Windows Server 2012 feature allows laptops and remote workers to synchronize work files with a corporate server without requiring VPN?
Answer: Work Folders
Work Folders, introduced in Windows Server 2012 R2, allows users to sync work files to personal devices over HTTPS without requiring a VPN connection.
Which partition style should be used for a disk larger than 2 TB in Windows Server 2012?
Answer: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
GPT (GUID Partition Table) supports disks larger than 2 TB and up to 128 partitions, making it required for large modern storage devices.
In Windows Server 2012, what is the default cluster size (allocation unit) when formatting a volume with NTFS?
Answer: 4 KB
The default NTFS cluster size is 4 KB for volumes up to 2 TB, balancing disk space efficiency with performance for most workloads.
Which Windows Server 2012 feature caches frequently accessed files on local branch office servers or client PCs to reduce WAN traffic?
Answer: BranchCache
BranchCache caches content from headquarters servers at branch office locations (either on a hosted cache server or distributed among PCs), reducing WAN bandwidth consumption.
When setting up a Storage Space with two-way mirror resiliency, what is the minimum number of physical disks required?
Answer: 2
A two-way mirror Storage Space requires a minimum of 2 physical disks because it maintains two copies of the data, one on each disk.
Which command-line tool introduced in Windows Server 2012 can manage Storage Spaces, virtual disks, and storage pools?
Answer: Storage Cmdlets (PowerShell)
Windows Server 2012 introduced PowerShell storage cmdlets (e.g., New-StoragePool, New-VirtualDisk) for managing Storage Spaces, storage pools, and virtual disks from the command line.