Server Disk Management in a Windows Environment

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