Storage Solutions Part 1 Windows Storage Specifications: Create Folder Place Virtual Harddrive Create1 GB Virtual Drives that support up to 64 TB in size Dynamically expanding or Fixed Drive letter of Choice NTFS -Default Allocation Size, Volume Label Your Name e.g Travis, Perform a quick Format Create Folder in New Drive name It your name! Create 2 more VHDs using Powershell, Hyper-V role required host the Hyper-V Powershell module Take ScreenShots of Results Add to same Folder created above 1 VHDx file, Dynamically Expanding, 1GB 1 VHD file, Fixed, 1GB All VHDs should be Mounted in order to access file systems.!!! Enable Volume Shadow Copy Services in Disk Management Create a copy now From File explorer Access First VHD that contains your Named Folder, delete it.. Right Click C:\Drive Configure Shadow Copy Services Create a 2 copy - Take ScreenShots of Results From the C$ root use access the properties of the Folder hosting the VHDs retrieve the backup of the deleted folder! - Take ScreenShots of Results Storage Solutions Part 2 Windows Storage Specifications: Storage Pool Requirements: Include 2 new storage devices 12 GB size Online for Primordial Pool detection Create New Storage Pool --- Your Initials - Take ScreenShots of Results Storage Allocation Automatic Create New Virtual disk Your Name, Notice Storage Tiers Option!! Simple or Mirror Thin or Fixed ? New Volume Wizard o Select Windows Storage o Assign Drive letter o NTFS -Default allocation size, Volume label ----- Your Name!!! Take ScreenShots of Results Screenshots File & Storage Systems Storage Pools Enable Data Deduplication on Storage pool configured above General Purpose File Server No Excluded Folders Schedule Default Dates, Start Time - 5 min after you enable, Default Duration Create Share folder in new storage Linux Storage Specifications: Add additional disk 2GB in size SATA OR SCSI Review, Identify New Drive Create a new partition on Empty disk FDisk awaits your options n for new partition p for Primary Partition or e extended Accept Defaults for partition sizes w Write the changes, sync disk Add a file system to hard disk Mount Newly formatted partition! Format the disk! Browse to location Hint: cd /????? Where did you mount to above? Make an Entry, this essentially creates a file!! exit, save, name, exit o List the Contents - Take Screenshot of results Verify by either df -h or searching for disk Take Screenshot of results