Experiment Name: Dynamic disk
Experiment Description: Practice simple volumes, cross-region volumes, striped volumes, mirrored volumes, RAID-5 volume additions and considerations of their principles and pros and cons
Experimental topology: slightly
Experimental steps:
1. Add a new hard drive 40G
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Convert to Dynamic disk
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650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image006 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image006 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259514o6al.jpg "" 329 "height=" 212 "/>
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image008 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image008 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 14052595150uug.jpg "" 584 "height=" 103 "/>
Right-click on the unallocated space on disk 1 to create a new simple volume 200M
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image010 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image010 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 14052595151jcc.jpg "" 574 "height=" 205 "/>
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In the "New Volume (E:)" Right click, expand 300M
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image014 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image014 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259515yose.jpg "" 569 "height=" 406 "/>
Extend this simple volume to 500M
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2, add two pieces of new hard drive each 40G
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image018 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image018 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259515vjvx.jpg "" 364 "height=" 313 "/>
To convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image020 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image020 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259515swuk.jpg "" 540 "height=" 355 "/>
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image022 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image022 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259516z4kt.jpg "" 570 "height=" 188 "/>
Create a spanned volume, disk 1 with 200M, disk 2 with 300M
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image024 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image024 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 14052595163neu.jpg "" 510 "height=" 378 "/>
The total capacity of this spanned volume is 500M
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3. Add 2 new hard drives each 40G and convert to dynamic disk
Create a striped volume, each disk space size 300M
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image028 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image028 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259516htjm.jpg "" 504 "height=" 382 "/>
Total capacity is 600M
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4. Add 2 new hard drives each 40G and convert to dynamic disk
Create a mirrored volume, per disk space size 300M
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image032 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image032 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259516ncgf.jpg "" 594 "height=" 212 "/>
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image034 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image034 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259517qgj4.jpg "" 507 "height=" 380 "/>
As you can see, the capacity of the new mirrored volume is 300M
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Storing data in a mirrored volume
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Shutdown, remove one of the disks, add a new disk, start the computer, go to Disk Management, initialize the disk to a dynamic disk
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image040 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image040 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259517wqzt.jpg "" 412 "height=" 284 "/>
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image042 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image042 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259517u0wr.jpg "" 326 "height=" 209 "/>
Right-click before mirror drive letter-Select Delete Mirror-select lost-delete mirror-ok
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image044 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image044 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259517minl.jpg "" 625 "height=" 441 "/>
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image046 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image046 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259517oj0r.jpg "" 335 "height=" 289 "/>
Right-click a failed mirrored volume-add mirror
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650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image050 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image050 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259518zget.jpg "" 339 "height=" 287 "/>
Mirrored volume recovery succeeded
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Files are also in
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5, add 3 pieces of new hard drive each 40G
Convert to Dynamic disk, right-click unallocated space on disk 1
Create a RAID-5 volume with a disk space size of 200M per block
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image056 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image056 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 14052595216vev.jpg "" 590 "height=" 192 "/>
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image058 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image058 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259521hdq1.jpg "" 505 "height=" 381 "/>
It shows that the total capacity of the new RAID-5 volume is 400M
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650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image062 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image062 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259522wspn.jpg "" 624 "height=" 205 "/>
RAID-5 Volume deposit Data
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image064 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image064 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259522xrqw.jpg "" 658 "height=" 177 "/>
Power off, remove one of the hard drives
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Add another new hard drive
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Repair the RAID5 volume. Power on, open Disk Management, initialize new disk, convert to dynamic disk, right-click before RAID 5 volume--— repair Volume
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image070 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image070 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259522fuo3.jpg "" 623 "height=" 444 "/>
Select the newly added disk
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Delete a missing disk
650) this.width=650; "title=" clip_image074 "style=" border-top:0px; border-right:0px; Background-image:none; border-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; border-left:0px; padding-right:0px "border=" 0 "alt=" clip_image074 "src=" http://img1.51cto.com/attachment/201407/13/6212447_ 1405259580mgpp.jpg "" 267 "height=" 188 "/>
RAID-5 volume repaired successfully and in good condition
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The files are back.
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Conclusion: The experiment shows that the dynamic disk has more expansibility, high reliability and high reading and writing performance than basic disk.
Summarize the following table
Volume type |
Number of disks |
can be used to store data capacity |
Performance |
Fail over |
Simple volume |
1 |
All |
|
|
Cross-Region volumes |
2~32 |
All |
Not change |
No |
Striped Volume |
2~32 |
All |
Read and write improve many |
No |
Mirrored volumes |
2 |
Half |
Read elevation, write down, support fault tolerance, general operating system placed in this volume |
Yes |
RAID-5 Roll |
3~32 |
Number of disks minus 1 |
Read elevation, write down, support fault tolerance, read faster, half the data in this volume |
Yes |