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While installing a hard drive in a server, the administrator installs an extra physical hard disk. Which of the following technologies will allow the administrator to extend an existing volume onto…
The correct answer is A. Dynamic partitioning. Dynamic partitioning (dynamic disks) in Windows allows an existing volume to be extended across multiple physical disks, combining storage from separate drives into one logical volume. This is the specific technology designed for extending volumes beyond a single disk boundary.
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While installing a hard drive in a server, the administrator installs an extra physical hard disk. Which of the following technologies will allow the administrator to extend an existing volume onto the extra disk?
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- ADynamic partitioning
- BDisk defragmenter
- CRAID Level 5
- DSwap partition
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Dynamic partitioning (dynamic disks) in Windows allows an existing volume to be extended across multiple physical disks, combining storage from separate drives into one logical volume. This is the specific technology designed for extending volumes beyond a single disk boundary.
Windows dynamic disk technology allows administrators to convert basic disks to dynamic disks and then extend a simple volume to span additional physical disks using the 'Extend Volume' function. This creates a spanned volume that treats multiple physical disks as one logical unit, enabling the existing volume to grow into the newly installed disk's space without data loss.
Disk defragmenter reorganizes fragmented files on an existing volume to improve performance; it has no ability to add storage capacity or span volumes across multiple physical disks.
RAID Level 5 distributes data with parity across three or more disks for fault tolerance and read performance, but it creates a new array rather than extending an existing volume and requires matching disk sizes.
A swap partition is OS-reserved virtual memory space used when physical RAM is exhausted; it is not a mechanism for expanding user-accessible data volumes or extending storage partitions.
Concept tested: Dynamic disk volume extension across physical disks
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/disk-management/extend-a-basic-volume
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