Server Disk Management in a Windows Enviornment

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Year: 2003
Pages: 197

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Table of Contents
BackCover
Server Disk Management in a Windows Environment
Preface
Why Windows Servers?
Storage Management Costs
What This Book Is Not
What This Book Is
Intended Audience
Overall Direction
Software, Not Hardware
Chapter Organization and Content
How To Read This Book
Introduction
The Disk Is the Bottleneck
Disks Do Fail
Storage Explosion
Desktop Disks
Chapter 1: Hard Disks and How They are Organized
SCSI versus ATA
What Is on a Disk
Grouping Disks: Stripe Sets and RAID
Evaluating Disks
Mean Time between Failures
Chapter 2: Windows File Systems
Magnetic Disk Systems
Optical Disk Formats
Partitioning Strategies
Summary
Chapter 3: Hard Drive Reliability
Adding Up the Cost of Disk Failure
Do Not Rely on Backup
Do Not Rely on RAID
Predicting Failure
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART)
OEM Disk Monitoring Tools
Disks Will Fail
Chapter 4: Disk Management Basics for Windows 2000
Basic Tasks
Creation of Fault-Tolerant Disk Systems
Disk Management Console
Basic and Dynamic Disks and Windows XP
Be Dynamic, Choose Dynamic
Chapter 5: Backing up Windows Networks
Windows Backup: What It Includes
Using the Built-In Windows Backup Utility
Beyond Basic Backups
Backup Cautions
Backing Up Mixed WindowsLinux Networks
Storage Portal Case Study
Chapter 6: Disaster Recovery and Disk Management
A Blended Approach to Data Protection
Make the DRP Comprehensive
The Economics of Disaster
Recognition of Mission-Critical Elements
Data Organization
Test and Refine Some More
Chapter 7: Disk Performance and Fragmentation
Does NTFS Suffer from Fragmentation?
How Much Fragmentation Occurs in NTFS?
Defining Fragmentation
Free Space Fragmentation
Fragmentation Adversely Affects Systems Stability
Benefits of Defragmentation
Remedying Fragmentation
How Defragmenters Work
Preventing MFT Fragmentation
Page File Fragmentation
Defragmentation Safety Issues
Defragmentation Performance Testing
Defragmenting a System
Hardware Upgrades versus Defragmentation
Chapter 8: Disk Optimization: Optimum or Not?
Enter Optimization
Optimization Pros and Cons
Optimization Shortcomings
Logical Cluster Numbers
Multiple Partitions
Server Issues
RAID Arrays
Proven Disk Performance Solutions
Conclusions
Chapter 9: Disk Quotas
Quota Terminology
Disk Quota Management
Windows 2000 Built-In Quota Utility
Third-Party Alternatives
QuotaAdvisor
Conclusion: Upgrade to a Third-Party Disk Quota Tool
Chapter 10: Hard Disk Forensics: The Hard Disk as a Source of Evidence
The Rise of Computer Crime
Definitions of Computer Crime and Computer Forensics
Uses of Computer Forensics
Microsoft Word Confessions
Finding Missing Files
Shredder Programs
Forensics Software
Chapter 11: Simplifying Disk Management for Storage Assets
SQL Server Backups
Storage Evolution
Shadow Sets
Storage Virtualization
Chapter 12: Server Consolidation and Disk Management Simplification
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
Mid-Range Hardware for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Fewer Servers
Server Consolidation at La-Z-Boy
Limits to Consolidation
When Consolidation Makes Sense
Chapter 13: Windows Past, Windows Present: Windows NT and Windows 2000
The Windows 2000 Server Family
No Universal AD Panacea
Chapter 14: Windows Present: Windows XP
XP Fastboot
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
XP Security Features
XP Task Manager
XP Performance Tool
XP Quotas
XP Backup
Backward Compatibility of XP
Extending Hardware Lifespan
Improved XP Management
Only Room for So Much
Only Room for So Much
Chapter 15: Windows Present and Future: Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Computing, and Beyond
What Is .NET?
.NET and Web Services
.NET Slam Dunk
Windows Server 2003
XML Web Services and Windows Server 2003
The Next Few Years of Windows: Longhorn, BlackComb, and XP Second Edition
Chapter 16: Asset Management for Server Hardware and Software
Hot Spots
Piracy and Asset Management
Asset Management Strata
Microsoft Systems Management Server
Simplifying Asset Management
Chapter 17: Software Deployment and Distribution on Windows Platforms
Security Breaches
Securing the Walls
Hot Spots
Piracy and Asset Management
Asset Management Strata
Microsoft Systems Management Server
Simplifying Asset Management
Chapter 17: Software Deployment and Distribution on Windows Platforms
Security Breaches
Securing the Walls
Automated Software Deployment
Do You Feel Lucky?
Chapter 18: The Future of Disks and Disk Management
Faster Data Transfer
Bigger and Better Drives
What the Future Holds
Conclusion
Appendix A: Glossary of Terms
E-N
P-S
T-V
Appendix B: Bibliography
Index
Index_B
Index_C
Index_D
Index_E
Index_F
Index_G
Index_H
Index_I
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Index_L
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Index_N
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Index_P
Index_Q
Index_R
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Index_T
Index_U
Index_V
Index_W
Index_X
Index_Z
List of Exhibits