A server technician is installing a Windows server OS on a physical server.
The specifications for the installation call for a 4TB data volume.
To ensure the partition is available to the OS, the technician must verify the:
A.
hardware is UEFI compliant B.
volume is formatted as GPT C.
volume is formatted as MBR D.
volume is spanned across multiple physical disk drives.
A.
A server technician is installing a Windows server OS on a physical server.
The specifications for the installation call for a 4TB data volume.
To ensure the partition is available to the OS, the technician must verify the:
A.
hardware is UEFI compliant
B.
volume is formatted as GPT
C.
volume is formatted as MBR
D.
volume is spanned across multiple physical disk drives.
A.
When installing a Windows server OS on a physical server, it's important to ensure that the partition for the data volume is available to the operating system. This can be achieved by verifying that the hardware is UEFI compliant and that the volume is formatted as GPT.
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a modern replacement for BIOS that provides a more secure boot process and supports larger disks and partitions. It is required to enable the GPT partitioning scheme, which is necessary for volumes larger than 2 TB. GPT (GUID Partition Table) allows for up to 128 partitions on a single disk and supports disks larger than 2 TB, while MBR (Master Boot Record) only supports disks up to 2 TB and up to four primary partitions.
If the volume is formatted as MBR, it will not be able to support a 4TB data volume. MBR partitions can only support up to 2 TB of disk space. If the volume is spanned across multiple physical disk drives, it can result in data loss and increased complexity in managing the data.
Therefore, the correct answer to the question is B. The technician must verify that the volume is formatted as GPT to ensure that the 4TB data volume is available to the operating system.