8.16. Exam Essentials
Understand RAID.
By the time you take the certification exam, the different types of RAID should roll off your tongue just like your ABCs. RAID 0 is striping and the combination of disks into one large volume, RAID 1 is mirroring and creating an exact backup, and RAID 5 uses RAIDing to take advantage of a parity bit with some redundancy and some speed increases.
Understand failover, failback, and clustering.
You need to understand the importance and purpose of clustering. Clustering is a very powerful and useful tool for use with failover, failback, and other forms of redundancy.
Understand network load balancing.
Be familiar with the key uses of NLB, such as web farms, VPNs, and customer applications. Know that using ...
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