Storage Intermediate Quiz 1

Stripes data across drives with no parity Stripes data with distributed parity for fault tolerance Mirrors all drives exactly for redundancy

Files with full directory paths Entire disks as a single unit Fixed-size blocks of data

Eliminating duplicate data to save space Compressing files into a single archive Backing up multiple copies of data

A network connecting user desktops to storage directly A network connecting servers to shared storage Cloud storage accessed via the internet

To store data in a single format for all uses To replicate data across multiple sites To organize data by performance, cost, or access frequency

Allocating storage on demand rather than upfront Backing up storage in smaller increments Compressing data before storing it

High-speed transactional databases Large, unstructured data like videos or backups Temporary cache data for apps

High latency but low cost Uses traditional SATA interfaces Very low latency with high throughput

Extra write operations caused by storage mechanisms Writing backups multiple times for safety Mirroring data to multiple disks

Copying an entire volume to a backup server A point-in-time copy of data for recovery Deleting unused blocks to free space