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You're reading from Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016: Microsoft 70-740 MCSA Exam Guide Implement and configure storage and compute functionalities in Windows Server 2016

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2019

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781789619454

Length 330 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Windows Server

Concepts

IT Certification

Authors (2):

Sasha Kranjac

Vladimir Stefanovic

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Installing Windows Server 2016 FREE CHAPTER

2. Windows Server Imaging and Deployment

3. Configuring and Implementing Storage

4. Getting to Know Hyper-V

5. Understanding Windows Containers

6. High Availability

7. Implementing Clustering

8. Monitoring and Maintaining Server Environments

9. Assessments

Implementing Storage Spaces Direct

Storage Spaces Direct is the Microsoft implementation of software-defined storage that comes with Windows Server 2016. This technology uses servers with local-attached drives to create highly available storage for a smaller price than traditional Storage Array Network (SAN) solutions. Storage Spaces Direct can be deployed in two different architecture, Converged and Hyper-Converged. Converged is used in scenarios where you want to use separate clusters for storage and compute, while Hyper-Converged give you the ability to use same cluster for storage and compute. In this section, you'll learn what is required for Storage Spaces Direct and how to implement this technology on Windows Server 2016.

Requirements for Storage Spaces Direct

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Authors (2)

Sasha Kranjac

Sasha Kranjac has been recognized as a Microsoft Regional Director (RD), Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in two categories (Azure and Security), he is Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), MCT Regional Lead, Certified EC-Council Instructor (CEI), a CompTIA Instructor, speaker at international conferences, user groups, and events, and a book author on cloud security, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and Windows Server. Sasha is the CEO of Kloudatech, an IT training and consulting company, a Microsoft Partner, an AWS Partner, and a CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partner, specialized in cybersecurity, cloud security architecture and IT training. They deliver high quality vendor and custom IT training and PowerClass Workshops internationally. He is also the CEO of Kranjac Consulting and Training, a consulting, training, and engineering company, specialized in civil engineering and CAD design.

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Vladimir Stefanovic

Vladimir Stefanovic is Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and System Engineer with 10+ years of experience in IT industry. Over the IT career, Vladimir has worked in all areas of IT administration, from IT technician to current System Engineer position. As a lead System Engineer in Serbian IT company SuperAdmins and lead technician trainer in Admin Training Center, he successfully delivered a numerous of project and courses. He is also active conference speaker, with a long list of conferences like as MCT Summits (USA, Germany, Greece), ATD, WinDays, KulenDayz, Sinergija (Regional Conferences). He is a leader of a few user groups and active community member, with mission to share knowledge as much as possible.

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