Question

On your Windows server, you’re planning to install a new database application that uses an enormous amount of disk space. You need this application to be highly available, so you need a disk system with the capability to auto-correct from disk errors and data corruption. You also want a flexible storage solution that makes it easy to add space and supports deduplication. Describe your best option.

1. MBR disk with chkdsk
2. NTFS format with EFS
3. ReFS format and storage spaces
4. GPT disc with shadow copies

Answer 1

3. ReFS

Step-by-step explanation:

Only in ReFS include and others do not have all of the below features

1. Automatic integrity checking and data scrubbing

2. Removal of the need for running chkdsk

3. Protection against data degradation

4. Built-in handling of hard disk drive failure and redundancy

5. Integration of RAID functionality

6. A switch to copy/allocate on write for data and metadata updates

7. Handling of very long paths and filenames

8. Storage virtualization and pooling