CIS/291 Flashcards

Vocabulary & Concepts

1
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UEFI

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Unified Exstensible Firmware Interface

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SATA

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Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

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3
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RAID

A

Redundant array of independent disks

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4
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What is used to prevent hard drive faults from causing loss of data?

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RAID

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5
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In a RAID setup, data

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Is copied on multiple disks so in the event of a disk failure no data would be lost

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6
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There are four types of RAID setups

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RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10

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7
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RAID 0 is not considered safe because

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It does not actually duplicate data

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8
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How does RAID 0 work?

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It spreads data over 2 disks. If one disk fails, then all data is still lost

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9
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The only reason to use RAID 0 would be

A

Speed

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10
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RAID 1 is

A

fault tolerant

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11
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In RAID 1 the data is copied on

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more than 1 disk

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12
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In RAID 5

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You need 3 or more disks

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13
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What RAID setup is most common?

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RAID 5

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14
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In RAID 5

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Data is spread or striped across three disks, and one disk is used for parity

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15
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RAID 10 is actually

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RAID 1 and RAID 0 put together. It needs a total of 4 disks

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