So far, a magnetic storage technology that's impregnable, and can withstand corruption and accidental or malicious erasure, doesn't exist—not yet, anyway. In the meantime, disk, tape, and optical storage devices continue to have their problems, issues, and faults. In this chapter, we look at the data storage issues and their respective causes that you should expect to encounter in the Server+ exam.
We will cover the following topics in this chapter:
- Data storage device problems
- Causes of common problems
- Administrative tools
- Storage monitoring tools
