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Adding Hard Drives and Creating Volumes in Windows Server 2012

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Info Level: Intermediate Presenter: Eli the Computer Guy Date Created: April 12, 2013 Length of Class: 30:12 Research Assistance: Tracks Windows Server 2012 Prerequisites Comfortable with basic Windows 2012 Administrative tasks Purpose of Class This class teaches students to use Disk Management to ad Hard Drives to a system and to create usable Volumes to store data. Class Notes To manage Hard Drives Go To: Server Management -- Tools -- Computer Management -- Disk Management Basic Disks can only have 4 partitions and no fancy functionality. Dynamic Disks allow you to create RAID, Extend/ Shrink Partitions Types of Volumes Simple -- Basically an old fashioned partition Spanned -- Allows multiple Hard Drives to be seen as one RAID 5 -- Standard Disk Striping with Parity Mirroring - Standard Mirroring Striping -- Standard RAID Striping GPT Partitioning allows partitions over 2 TB in size Don't try to create RAID 5, Mirroring or Striping in a Virtual Environment (It will crash the virtual machine) Corrections Lab Setup Used in Demonstration The ETCG Host Computer Specs are: ASUS Model: CM6870US01 16 GB of RAM 1 TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive i7 3.4 GHz Intel Processor Windows Server 2012 Member Server Virtual Machine Internal Network Connection in VirtualBox 4 Additional Virtual Hard Drives Study Guide Resources

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'duration': 3.463}, {'end': 380.099, 'text': 'Again the big problem with hard drives and volumes and all that is a single click or two or three clicks,', 'start': 372.314, 'duration': 7.785}, {'end': 383.842, 'text': 'and you can cause an incredible amount of damage just that.', 'start': 380.099, 'duration': 3.743}], 'summary': 'Practice with windows server 2012 in a lab to avoid costly mistakes in the real world.', 'duration': 27.379, 'max_score': 356.463, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc356463.jpg'}, {'end': 447.423, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 422.218, 'weight': 8, 'content': [{'end': 433.68, 'text': 'The one warning that I will give you if you are dealing with servers in the real world is many times they disable hard drive controllers that are not currently being used.', 'start': 422.218, 'duration': 11.462}, {'end': 440.721, 'text': 'So if you put in a new hard drive, you boot up Windows Server 2012 and it does 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'text': "And then we're going to say OK.", 'start': 673.522, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 678.947, 'text': "And then I'm going to double click on the file server to boot it up.", 'start': 675.364, 'duration': 3.583}, {'end': 686.855, 'text': 'So now as it boots up, it will detect those hard drives as new hard drives into the system.', 'start': 679.127, 'duration': 7.728}, {'end': 692.46, 'text': 'Again, just like if you slotted new physical hard drives into a physical server.', 'start': 687.755, 'duration': 4.705}, {'end': 697.464, 'text': 'So now we wait for Windows Server 2012 to boot up.', 'start': 695.142, 'duration': 2.322}], 'summary': 'Creating four new physical hard drives for windows server 2012.', 'duration': 50.123, 'max_score': 647.341, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc647341.jpg'}, {'end': 785.562, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 755.937, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 759.18, 'text': "Well, the reason 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'duration': 6.203}, {'end': 811.534, 'text': 'we are going to go to disk management.', 'start': 809.813, 'duration': 1.721}, {'end': 818.256, 'text': "So when we go to disk management, it's going to look for those new hard drives that have been installed onto the computer.", 'start': 812.409, 'duration': 5.847}, {'end': 826.967, 'text': "And now what it's going to ask is, do we want to initialize these disks? So disk one, disk two, disk three, disk four.", 'start': 818.897, 'duration': 8.07}, {'end': 834.127, 'text': 'So basically, do we want to start using those for the system? I would just leave these checkbox.', 'start': 826.987, 'duration': 7.14}], 'summary': 'A tutorial on initializing new hard drives in disk management, leaving the checkboxes unchecked.', 'duration': 36.92, 'max_score': 797.207, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc797207.jpg'}, {'end': 839.251, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 812.409, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 818.256, 'text': "So when we go to disk management, it's going to look for those new hard drives that have been installed onto the computer.", 'start': 812.409, 'duration': 5.847}, {'end': 826.967, 'text': "And now what it's going to ask is, do we want to initialize these disks? So disk one, disk two, disk three, disk four.", 'start': 818.897, 'duration': 8.07}, {'end': 834.127, 'text': 'So basically, do we want to start using those for the system? I would just leave these checkbox.', 'start': 826.987, 'duration': 7.14}, {'end': 839.251, 'text': "I mean I suppose there's a reason you might not want to initialize them, but just assume that you're always going to.", 'start': 834.227, 'duration': 5.024}], 'summary': "In disk management, we can initialize new hard drives. it asks to initialize disk one, disk two, disk three, and disk four. it's recommended to initialize them.", 'duration': 26.842, 'max_score': 812.409, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc812409.jpg'}, {'end': 937.894, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 854.321, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 860.365, 'text': 'The decision you make here, I would say you should always go with GPT partition table.', 'start': 854.321, 'duration': 6.044}, {'end': 868.55, 'text': 'Now, the reason for this is that GPT can deal with volumes above two terabytes in size.', 'start': 860.405, 'duration': 8.145}, {'end': 877.796, 'text': "So if you're going to create a volume above two terabytes in size, I would suggest you go with a GPT partition table.", 'start': 868.97, 'duration': 8.826}, {'end': 883.219, 'text': 'MBR does not support partitions above two terabytes in size.', 'start': 878.596, 'duration': 4.623}, {'end': 888.283, 'text': 'So that can be a big problem in the modern world.', 'start': 883.259, 'duration': 5.024}, {'end': 892.045, 'text': "Actually, it's not partitions, volumes above two terabytes in size.", 'start': 888.543, 'duration': 3.502}, {'end': 894.207, 'text': "Can't deal with volumes above two terabytes in size.", 'start': 892.106, 'duration': 2.101}, {'end': 906.814, 'text': "So if you format or if you initialize these disks and they're, let's say, they're 10 terabytes in size, if you initialize them as MBR,", 'start': 894.467, 'duration': 12.347}, {'end': 909.996, 'text': 'MBR will only recognize two terabytes worth.', 'start': 906.814, 'duration': 3.182}, {'end': 921.562, 'text': 'Now, the reason you might want to go with MBR is because GPT is not recognized by any other Windows operating system before Windows Server 2012.', 'start': 910.516, 'duration': 11.046}, {'end': 930.268, 'text': 'So with Server 2003, server 2008, server 2000 will not understand a GPT partition table.', 'start': 921.562, 'duration': 8.706}, {'end': 937.894, 'text': "But that doesn't really matter because these drives will be shared over the network generally.", 'start': 931.489, 'duration': 6.405}], 'summary': 'Always use gpt for volumes above 2tb, as mbr cannot support them. gpt not recognized by windows os before server 2012.', 'duration': 83.573, 'max_score': 854.321, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc854321.jpg'}], 'start': 774.98, 'title': 'Managing hard drives in windows', 'summary': "Explains managing hard drives in windows using server manager and computer management, including initializing new disks, emphasizing the importance of choosing gpt partition table over mbr for disks due to gpt's ability to handle volumes above two terabytes.", 'chapters': [{'end': 834.127, 'start': 774.98, 'title': 'Managing hard drives in windows', 'summary': 'Explains the process of managing hard drives in windows using the server manager and computer management, including initializing new disks for the system.', 'duration': 59.147, 'highlights': ['At computer management, we can go to disk management to look for newly installed hard drives and initialize them for use, such as disk one, disk two, disk three, and disk four.', 'Server manager is the main hub for server administration, and computer management is where many useful utilities for Windows operating systems are located.', 'The process involves initializing new hard drives, such as disk one, disk two, disk three, and disk four, for system use.']}, {'end': 961.343, 'start': 834.227, 'title': 'Initializing disk: mbr vs gpt', 'summary': 'Emphasizes the importance of choosing gpt partition table over mbr for initializing disks, as gpt can handle volumes above two terabytes, whereas mbr cannot support volumes above two terabytes in size, making it a crucial decision for modern hard drives.', 'duration': 127.116, 'highlights': ['GPT partition table is recommended over MBR as it can handle volumes above two terabytes in size, which MBR cannot support.', 'MBR will only recognize two terabytes of a larger disk if initialized as such, making it unsuitable for volumes above two terabyte in size.', 'GPT is not recognized by Windows operating systems before Windows Server 2012, but is the preferred choice for modern hard drives unless there is a specific reason not to use it.']}], 'duration': 186.363, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc774980.jpg', 'highlights': ['At computer management, we can go to disk management to look for newly installed hard drives and initialize them for use.', 'GPT partition table is recommended over MBR as it can handle volumes above two terabytes in size, which MBR cannot support.', 'Server manager is the main hub for server administration, and computer management is where many useful utilities for Windows operating systems are located.', 'The process involves initializing new hard drives, such as disk one, disk two, disk three, and disk four, for system use.', 'MBR will only recognize two terabytes of a larger disk if initialized as such, making it unsuitable for volumes above two terabyte in size.', 'GPT is not recognized by Windows operating systems before Windows Server 2012, but is the preferred choice for modern hard drives unless there is a specific reason not to use it.']}, {'end': 1138.31, 'segs': [{'end': 1026.404, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1001.653, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1008.098, 'text': 'so if you want just a simple partition on this hard drive, you would create a new simple volume.', 'start': 1001.653, 'duration': 6.445}, {'end': 1009.378, 'text': 'spanned volume.', 'start': 1008.098, 'duration': 1.28}, {'end': 1017.259, 'text': 'oops, Spammed volume is the type of volume I actually prefer for Windows 2012 environments.', 'start': 1009.378, 'duration': 7.881}, {'end': 1019.5, 'text': 'This is a really cool type of volume.', 'start': 1017.639, 'duration': 1.861}, {'end': 1026.404, 'text': 'What this means is you can span the volume across numerous different hard drives.', 'start': 1019.62, 'duration': 6.784}], 'summary': 'Spammed volume is preferred for windows 2012 environments, allowing spanning across numerous hard drives.', 'duration': 24.751, 'max_score': 1001.653, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc1001653.jpg'}, {'end': 1102.384, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1074.988, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1079.43, 'text': 'These are the normal RAID, you know, striped, mirrored, RAID 5.', 'start': 1074.988, 'duration': 4.442}, {'end': 1081.391, 'text': "Again, I just don't like RAID.", 'start': 1079.43, 'duration': 1.961}, {'end': 1085.373, 'text': 'Having played with this stuff in the real world, I really, really, really dislike RAID.', 'start': 1081.711, 'duration': 3.662}, {'end': 1090.036, 'text': 'I would much prefer having a good backup system, to be honest with you.', 'start': 1085.754, 'duration': 4.282}, {'end': 1096.32, 'text': 'One warning that I will give you is if you are in a virtual environment, please do not actually try to do RAID.', 'start': 1090.676, 'duration': 5.644}, {'end': 1102.384, 'text': "So, if you're dealing with a physical server right now, you have Windows Server 2012 installed on a physical box.", 'start': 1096.4, 'duration': 5.984}], 'summary': 'The speaker strongly dislikes raid and prefers a good backup system, especially in virtual environments.', 'duration': 27.396, 'max_score': 1074.988, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc1074988.jpg'}, {'end': 1148.618, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1120.136, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1124.9, 'text': "It kind of just crashes everything and it gets nasty, I guess simply because it's virtual hard drives.", 'start': 1120.136, 'duration': 4.764}, {'end': 1128.122, 'text': 'Like why are you doing RAID on virtual hard drives type of thing?', 'start': 1125.18, 'duration': 2.942}, {'end': 1135.468, 'text': "So if you're in a virtual environment, I would just say don't play with the RAID, because, at least in my experience, it will crash.", 'start': 1129.023, 'duration': 6.445}, {'end': 1138.31, 'text': "If you're dealing with a physical server, play with RAID all if you want.", 'start': 1135.488, 'duration': 2.822}, {'end': 1145.312, 'text': "So then what I'm going to do then is I will right click and I'm going to create a new span volume.", 'start': 1139.099, 'duration': 6.213}, {'end': 1148.618, 'text': 'Again, spanned volume is what I prefer.', 'start': 1145.372, 'duration': 3.246}], 'summary': 'Avoid using raid in virtual environment to prevent crashes.', 'duration': 28.482, 'max_score': 1120.136, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc1120136.jpg'}], 'start': 961.363, 'title': 'Creating volumes on hard drives', 'summary': 'Explains the process of creating volumes on hard drives in a windows 2012 environment, including simple volume, spanned volume, and raid options. it recommends spanned volume due to its ability to span data across multiple hard drives.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1138.31, 'start': 961.363, 'title': 'Creating volumes on hard drives', 'summary': 'Explains the process of creating volumes on hard drives, including simple volume, spanned volume, and raid options, with a preference for spanned volume due to its ability to span data across multiple hard drives in a windows 2012 environment.', 'duration': 176.947, 'highlights': ['The spanned volume type allows spanning data across numerous different hard drives, treating them as one single big hard drive. This feature allows spanning data across multiple hard drives, increasing storage capacity and improving performance.', 'The preference for spanned volume over RAID options is expressed due to the dislike of RAID and the suggestion to rely on a good backup system instead. The speaker expresses a strong dislike for RAID and suggests relying on a good backup system instead.', 'A warning is given against setting up RAID in a virtual environment, as it may lead to crashes and issues. The speaker advises against setting up RAID in a virtual environment due to the potential for crashes and issues.']}], 'duration': 176.947, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc961363.jpg', 'highlights': ['The spanned volume type allows spanning data across numerous different hard drives, treating them as one single big hard drive. This feature increases storage capacity and improves performance.', 'The preference for spanned volume over RAID options is expressed due to the dislike of RAID and the suggestion to rely on a good backup system instead.', 'A warning is given against setting up RAID in a virtual environment, as it may lead to crashes and issues.']}, {'end': 1802.571, 'segs': [{'end': 1235.614, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1192.914, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1197.497, 'text': 'is that I would suggest you do the perform a quick format.', 'start': 1192.914, 'duration': 4.583}, {'end': 1206.282, 'text': "Doing perform a quick format will make your life a lot easier because it'll format these drives much quicker.", 'start': 1197.557, 'duration': 8.725}, {'end': 1212.205, 'text': 'If you have large hard drives again one terabyte, two terabyte, three terabyte hard drives and you do a full format,', 'start': 1206.342, 'duration': 5.863}, {'end': 1213.986, 'text': 'that is going to take absolutely forever.', 'start': 1212.205, 'duration': 1.781}, {'end': 1216.167, 'text': 'I would suggest you do a quick format.', 'start': 1214.526, 'duration': 1.641}, {'end': 1218.608, 'text': 'You do have the option for file system.', 'start': 1216.507, 'duration': 2.101}, {'end': 1220.448, 'text': "We're not going to go into that today.", 'start': 1218.748, 'duration': 1.7}, {'end': 1222.329, 'text': 'We might do that in a different advanced class.', 'start': 1220.488, 'duration': 1.841}, {'end': 1224.29, 'text': 'I would suggest you leave it at NTFS.', 'start': 1222.509, 'duration': 1.781}, {'end': 1229.812, 'text': 'And then for the enable file and folder compression, I would leave that unchecked.', 'start': 1224.85, 'duration': 4.962}, {'end': 1235.614, 'text': "But again, that's one of those things as you learn more about servers, you can decide whether or not you want to do.", 'start': 1230.212, 'duration': 5.402}], 'summary': 'Perform a quick format for large drives to save time, use ntfs, and leave file compression unchecked.', 'duration': 42.7, 'max_score': 1192.914, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc1192914.jpg'}, {'end': 1329.148, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1297.094, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1303.717, 'text': 'With dynamic disks, if you convert a disk to a dynamic disk, you now get a whole bunch more functionality.', 'start': 1297.094, 'duration': 6.623}, {'end': 1310.179, 'text': 'You can use those dynamic disks for span volumes, for RAID, you can extend.', 'start': 1304.097, 'duration': 6.082}, {'end': 1316.299, 'text': 'you can do a lot of fancy, nifty, neato stuff with them.', 'start': 1312.857, 'duration': 3.442}, {'end': 1324.543, 'text': 'At this point in time, I guess way in the past, there was a reason to leave discs as basic discs instead of making them dynamic.', 'start': 1317.279, 'duration': 7.264}, {'end': 1329.148, 'text': "Now in 2013, I don't know.", 'start': 1325.103, 'duration': 4.045}], 'summary': 'Dynamic disks provide enhanced functionality for span volumes, raid, and extensions.', 'duration': 32.054, 'max_score': 1297.094, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc1297094.jpg'}, {'end': 1600.877, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1574.258, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 1580.242, 'text': 'nifty neat features is as your server needs more and more hard drive space you can use,', 'start': 1574.258, 'duration': 5.984}, {'end': 1588.688, 'text': 'extend and shrink to very slowly be able to swap out new hard drives to make your life easier.', 'start': 1580.242, 'duration': 8.446}, {'end': 1600.877, 'text': 'so this is the basic things that you have to understand in order to start playing with hard drives and volumes in the Windows Server 2012 environment.', 'start': 1588.688, 'duration': 12.189}], 'summary': 'Windows server 2012 allows extending and shrinking hard drive space for easier management.', 'duration': 26.619, 'max_score': 1574.258, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc1574258.jpg'}, {'end': 1649.516, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1619.45, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 1623.893, 'text': "and that is where you'll be able to initialize them and create the different volumes.", 'start': 1619.45, 'duration': 4.443}, {'end': 1636.047, 'text': "Again, Remember, I would say to use that GPT partitioning when you're going to be dealing with these hard drives because that understands volumes.", 'start': 1624.333, 'duration': 11.714}, {'end': 1640.369, 'text': 'larger than two terabytes in size.', 'start': 1638.067, 'duration': 2.302}, {'end': 1649.516, 'text': "Again, if you use MBR, Master Boot Record, that's the old version and it can only detect up to two terabytes of storage space.", 'start': 1640.429, 'duration': 9.087}], 'summary': 'Use gpt partitioning for hard drives larger than 2tb to initialize and create volumes.', 'duration': 30.066, 'max_score': 1619.45, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc1619450.jpg'}], 'start': 1139.099, 'title': 'Hard drive management in windows server 2012', 'summary': 'Covers creating spanned volumes using 25 gig discs, recommending quick format for large hard drives, and utilizing ntfs file system. it also explains converting basic disks to dynamic disks in windows server 2012, enabling the creation of span volumes, raid, and the ability to shrink and extend volumes, with potential benefits for server environments.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1235.614, 'start': 1139.099, 'title': 'Creating spanned volume for large hard drives', 'summary': 'Discusses creating a spanned volume using approximately 25 gig discs, suggesting a quick format for large hard drives to save time, and recommending the use of ntfs file system.', 'duration': 96.515, 'highlights': ['Creating a spanned volume using approximately 25 gig discs', 'Suggesting a quick format for large hard drives to save time', 'Recommending the use of NTFS file system']}, {'end': 1802.571, 'start': 1236.154, 'title': 'Windows server 2012 hard drive management', 'summary': 'Explains the process of converting basic disks to dynamic disks in windows server 2012, allowing for the creation of span volumes, raid, and the ability to shrink and extend volumes, with a recommendation to always convert to dynamic disks and the potential benefits for server environments.', 'duration': 566.417, 'highlights': ['The process of converting basic disks to dynamic disks in Windows Server 2012 allows for the creation of span volumes, RAID, and the ability to shrink and extend volumes, providing a significant increase in functionality for managing hard drives (e.g., creating a spanned volume from four 25-gig hard drives to create one 99.3-gig hard drive).', 'Windows Server 2012 provides the ability to shrink or extend volumes, allowing for efficient management of hard drive space (e.g., shrinking the system volume by 17-18 gigs and extending volumes as needed), particularly beneficial in server environments with limited bays for hard drives.', 'The recommendation is to always convert to dynamic disks from basic disks in Windows Server 2012, as dynamic disks offer a wide range of functionality such as span volumes, RAID, extending, and shrinking, with potential downsides of basic disks not being clearly defined for 2013.', 'When adding hard drives to a server in Windows Server 2012, they need to be initialized and configured using Server Manager Tools, Computer Management Disk Management, with a suggestion to use GPT partitioning for handling larger volumes, and a warning about the limitations of MBR partitioning.', 'In the context of RAID usage in Windows Server 2012, it is highlighted that RAID can only be applied to data drives, not the system drive, and that for protecting the system volume, hardware RAID and a dedicated RAID controller are necessary, with a caution against using RAID in virtual environments due to potential system crashes.']}], 'duration': 663.472, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/s4E6WcZKxRc/pics/s4E6WcZKxRc1139099.jpg', 'highlights': ['Converting basic disks to dynamic disks in Windows Server 2012 allows for the creation of span volumes, RAID, and the ability to shrink and extend volumes, providing a significant increase in functionality for managing hard drives.', 'Suggesting a quick format for large hard drives to save time.', 'Recommending the use of NTFS file system.', 'Windows Server 2012 provides the ability to shrink or extend volumes, allowing for efficient management of hard drive space, particularly beneficial in server environments with limited bays for hard drives.', 'When adding hard drives to a server in Windows Server 2012, they need to be initialized and configured using Server Manager Tools, Computer Management Disk Management, with a suggestion to use GPT partitioning for handling larger volumes, and a warning about the limitations of MBR partitioning.']}], 'highlights': ['The process is simple and easy, with no complications involved.', 'Dealing with servers often requires the ability to add hard drives and create volumes.', 'Adding hard drives and creating volumes is essential for storing data for client computers on the network.', "With servers, it's crucial to store data for multiple users, potentially ranging from 100 to 10,000 users, requiring the installation and configuration of additional hard drives.", "In the past, expanding server storage required tedious processes or expensive third-party software, but with Windows Server 2012, there's increased flexibility to expand and shrink volumes seamlessly, making it much easier to add hard drive space.", 'An example of a server with 12 one terabyte hard drives is given, emphasizing the need for significant storage capacity in servers.', 'The speaker mentions the ability to swap hard drives in a live system with Windows Server 2012, eliminating the need for migrations and making the process of adding hard drive space more efficient.', 'The discussion emphasizes the historical difficulty of expanding partition sizes in servers and highlights the significant improvement in this process with Windows Server 2012, allowing for easy extension and shrinking of volumes.', 'The necessity of extreme caution when dealing with server hard drives and volumes, due to the potential irreversible damage from small mistakes.', 'The importance of having recent backups to mitigate potential data loss from catastrophic mistakes.', 'The recommendation to gain practical experience in a lab environment by working with Windows Server 2012 to familiarize oneself with adding drives, creating volumes, and handling server setups.', 'The warning regarding the disabling of hard drive controllers in physical servers and the necessary steps to enable them if a new hard drive is not detected.', 'New virtual hard drives added by creating four 25GB dynamic virtual disks named Disk one, Disk two, Disk three, and Disk four.', 'The chapter demonstrates adding four new physical hard drives to a Windows Server 2012.', 'The server recognizes the new hard drives but they have not been created as volumes, thus not showing up in the File Explorer.', 'At computer management, we can go to disk management to look for newly installed hard drives and initialize them for use.', 'GPT partition table is recommended over MBR as it can handle volumes above two terabytes in size, which MBR cannot support.', 'Server manager is the main hub for server administration, and computer management is where many useful utilities for Windows operating systems are located.', 'The process involves initializing new hard drives, such as disk one, disk two, disk three, and disk four, for system use.', 'MBR will only recognize two terabytes of a larger disk if initialized as such, making it unsuitable for volumes above two terabyte in size.', 'GPT is not recognized by Windows operating systems before Windows Server 2012, but is the preferred choice for modern hard drives unless there is a specific reason not to use it.', 'The spanned volume type allows spanning data across numerous different hard drives, treating them as one single big hard drive. This feature increases storage capacity and improves performance.', 'The preference for spanned volume over RAID options is expressed due to the dislike of RAID and the suggestion to rely on a good backup system instead.', 'A warning is given against setting up RAID in a virtual environment, as it may lead to crashes and issues.', 'Converting basic disks to dynamic disks in Windows Server 2012 allows for the creation of span volumes, RAID, and the ability to shrink and extend volumes, providing a significant increase in functionality for managing hard drives.', 'Suggesting a quick format for large hard drives to save time.', 'Recommending the use of NTFS file system.', 'Windows Server 2012 provides the ability to shrink or extend volumes, allowing for efficient management of hard drive space, particularly beneficial in server environments with limited bays for hard drives.', 'When adding hard drives to a server in Windows Server 2012, they need to be initialized and configured using Server Manager Tools, Computer Management Disk Management, with a suggestion to use GPT partitioning for handling larger volumes, and a warning about the limitations of MBR partitioning.']}