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Chapter 9 - Implementing Mass Storage Flashcards

1
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Partitioning hard drives

A

defining the locations of storage on a hard drive

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2
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Swap partition is in which OS system?

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Are in linux and manifest as folders

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3
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A partition is what?

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A logical electronic device readable by an operating system.

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4
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MBR partition stands for what?

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Master boot record(MBR) partitioning, oldest type of partitioning, tells the system where to find the OS. still used today.

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5
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LBA 0

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The location on the drive where the MBR is located.

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MBR size

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Max. 2 TB per partition. limited to 4 partitions. and a boot loader

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Primary Partitions

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the 4 main partitions of MBR partition.

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8
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Extended Partitions

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Dividing a primary partition in multiple partitions and add logical drives to those partitions.

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9
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GPT partitioning stands for what?

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GUID Partition Table(GPT). Works with UEFIBOSIS to give you extra features.

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10
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GUID stands for what?

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Globally Unique Identifier. 128 -bit unique value.

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GPT size

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128 partitions per/drive, 18.8m terabytes / partitions

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12
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LBA 1

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Contains the Primary GPT HEADR

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13
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File allocation table

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A data structure that keeps track of the location of files and folders.

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14
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Fat16

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a type of file allocation table. Called fat because it looks like a two column spreadsheet

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15
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FAT32

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has 8 hexadecimal character instead of 4 like 16. Very old. Could support 8 TiB volumes.

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16
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Fragmentation

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When a file is in two different spaces on the file allocation table.

17
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NTFS stands for what?

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New Technology File System(NTFS). Been around for a long time. dominant today. Supports up to 16 EiB volumes. Individual files can be up to 256 TiB. Primary for windows

18
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MFT stands for what?

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Master File Table, used with NTFS. Sits in the middle of your volumes.

19
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ExFAT

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The inbetween FAT32 and NTFS. Less overhead. Great for thumb drives.

20
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CDFS stands for what?

A

Compact Disc File System. Standard for all optical media. And have files up to 4 GiB.

21
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ext3 for Linux

A

Supports 32 TiB volumes, and files are up to 2 GiB. Are for Linux

22
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ext4 for Linux

A

Supports up to 4 EiB volumes, and files up to 16 TiB. Are for Linux

23
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HFS+ stands for what?

A

Hierarchical File System Plus for Mac OS. Dominant for Mac OS and supports 8 EiB volumes and files.

24
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Disk Management

A

Windows uses disk management to partition and format disks.

25
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Dynamic Disks

A

Unique to Windows. You can shrink and expand and span across multiple drives.

26
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Spanned volume

A

you can take two disks to act like one. Not good to do.

27
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GPT advice

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  1. Keep boot drive basic (not dynamic). 2. Set boot drive to GPT. 3. Easy to create dynamic disks.
28
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Software RAID

A

Uses the operating system to configure the RAID array.

29
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Storage Spaces

A

A powerful tool to configure advanced software RAID arrays. And also provides great flexibility.

30
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Types of encryption

A

File based encryption and disk-based encryption.

31
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File-based encryption

A

encrypting files and folders

32
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Disk-based encryption

A

encrypting an entire drive.

33
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EFS stands for what?

A

Encrypting File System(EFS). Used in windows and built into NTFS. Allows you to encrypt files and folders

34
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TPM stands for what?

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Trusted Platform Module. A chip built into the motherboard with a encrypted key.

35
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Bit Locker

A

a disk-based encryption used on windows. Requires TPM.

36
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Storage Spaces

A

software RAID tool built into windows OS.

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