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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By : Ron Price
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CompTIA Server+ Certification Guide

By: Ron Price

Overview of this book

CompTIA Server+ Certification is one of the top 5 IT certifications that is vendor neutral.System administrators opt for CompTIA server+ Certification to gain advanced knowledge of concepts including troubleshooting and networking. This book will initially start with the configuration of a basic network server and the configuration for each of its myriad roles. The next set of chapters will provide an overview of the responsibilities and tasks performed by a system administrator to manage and maintain a network server. Moving ahead, you will learn the basic security technologies, methods, and procedures that can be applied to a server and its network. Next, you will cover the troubleshooting procedures and methods in general, and specifically for hardware, software, networks, storage devices, and security applications. Toward the end of this book, we will cover a number of troubleshooting and security mitigation concepts for running admin servers with ease. This guide will be augmented by test questions and mock papers that will help you obtain the necessary certification. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to clear Server+ Certification with ease.
Table of Contents (28 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Section 1: System Architecture
8
Section 2: Administration
13
Section 3: Security
17
Section 4: Troubleshooting
25
Glossary
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Chapter 3: Data Storage

  1. Rotational delay, Access time
  2. SATA, SCSI
  3. JBOD
  4. A self-contained storage device network and switches that provides high-speed access to data
  5. LUN zoning, LUN masking
  6. ext3 and NTFS
  7. SMB/CIFS
  8. Mirroring, Striping
  9. RAID 0
  10. Highly available
  11. The matching is done as follows:
    • (a) Hot swapping-(2) The immediate switchover or replacement of a failed component completed while a system remains fully operational
    • (b) Cold swapping-(1) Requires the powering down of a system to affect replacements or repairs
    • (c) Warm swapping-(3) The suspension of operations, although still powered, to affect the replacement of a failed component