Lesson 8: Creating and Configuring Virtual Machine Storage

Question 1

VHD

Answer 1

Virtual Hard Drive file

Question 2

3 types of VHD files

Answer 2

Fixed hard disk image
Dynamic hard disk image
Differencing hard disk image

Question 3

Fixed hard disk image

Answer 3

The image file is the maximum size of the virtual hard drive at the time of creation. If you create an 8GB VHD, the file will be 8GB at creation.

Question 4

Dynamic Hard Disk image

Answer 4

Has a set max size but starts off small. Takes up only as much space as it needs, up to the max size. Efficient for HD space, but not processing as you lose efficiencies to dynamic expansion.

Question 5

Differencing hard disk image

Answer 5

Child image file associated with a specific parent image. System writes all changes made on the parent image file to the child image to facilitate a rollback.

Question 6

Max size of a VHD

Answer 6

2TB

Question 7

Max size of VHDX

Answer 7

64TB

Question 8

VHDX are not `

Answer 8

Backwards compatible from Server 2012

Question 9

Pass-through disks

Answer 9

A type of virtual disk that points to an entire physical drive connected to the host

Question 10

SAN

Answer 10

Storage Area Network. Network dedicated to high-speed connections between servers and storage devices

Question 11

Fibre Channel

Answer 11

High speed serial networking technology for SANs. Older technology. Not fiber.