Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016, Part 2 of 5: Storage Solutions

This course will cover a range of topics related to storage in Windows Server 2016. It will go over topics such as: local storage, enterprise storage solutions, disk management, types of disk storage, partition types, storage spaces, Data deduplication. direct attached storage, network storage. fiberchannel, Data Center Bridging. Multi path Input Output and finish up with configuring file and folder sharing. This course contains the following lessons:

Lesson 1:

• Managing Disks and Volumes
• Partition Table Formats
• Disk Types
• Required Disk Volumes
• File Systems
• Resilient File System
• Demo: File System Options
• Demo: File System Conversion
• Virtual Hard Disks
• Selecting Physical Disk Types
• Working with Disk Volumes
• Volume Management Tools
• Demo: Volume Management
• Demo: Manipulating Volumes
• Understanding RAID
• Hardware vs. Software RAID
• RAID Types.

Lesson 2:

• Implementing and Managing Storage Spaces
• Requirements for Storage Spaces
• Storage Space Features
• Demo: Create Storage Pool
• Demo: New Volume
• Changes to Storage Spaces
• Storage Space Usage Scenarios
• Direct Deployment Scenarios
• Managing Storage Spaces
• Using PowerShell with Storage Spaces
• Managing Disk Failure with Storage Spaces
• Monitoring Storage Spaces.

Lesson 3:

• Overview of Data Deduplication
• Enhancements in Windows Sever 2016
• Data Deduplication Requirements
• Data Deduplication Components
• Data Deduplication Process
• Planning Data Deduplication
• Data Deduplication Usage Scenarios
• Demo: Install Data Deduplication
• Demo: Deduplication PowerShell Commands
• Demo: Deduplication Examples
• Monitoring and Maintain Data Deduplication.

Lesson 4:

• Overview of Storage Solutions
• Direct Attached Storage
• Network Attached Storage
• Storage Area Networks
• Comparing Storage Solutions
• Comparing Storage Technology.

Lesson 5:

• Fiber Channel
• Fiber Channel Layouts
• Fiber Channel Considerations
• iSCSI
• iSCSI Target Server
• iSCSI Initiator
• Considerations for Implementing iSCSI.

Lesson 6:

• iSNS
• iSNS Functions and Installation
• Data Center Bridging
• MPIO.

Lesson 7:

• Configuring Sharing in Windows Server 2016
• Server Message Block
• Configuring SMB Shares
• Demo
• Demo: 2
• Network File System
• Configuring NFS Shares.