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You add two hard drives to a Windows 8.1 computer. The computer does not have a RAID controller.
You plan to store data only on the two new hard drives.
You need to ensure that data loss will not occur if only one hard drive fails.
What should you do?
A. Create a spanned volume.
B. Create a storage pool that contains both drives and set the resiliency type to Two-way mirror.
C. Create a storage pool that contains both drives and set the resiliency type to Parity.
D. Create a storage pool that contains one drive, and then add the second drive to the pool.
Correct Answer: B
Explanation/Reference:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/storage-spaces-pools Storage Spaces: FAQ
What is Storage Spaces?
Storage Spaces lets you group drives together in a storage pool. Then you can use pool capacity to create storage spaces.
Storage spaces are virtual drives that appear in File Explorer. You can use them like any other drive, so it’s easy to work with files on them.
You can create large storage spaces and add more drives to them when you run low on pool capacity. If you have two or more drives in the storage pool, you can create storage spaces that won’t be affected by a drive failure--or even the failure of two drives, if you create a three-way mirror storage space.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/olivnie/archive/2013/02/05/windows-8-storage.aspx Windows 8: Storage Storage Spaces
Storage Spaces is a new feature for Windows® 8 that allows a user to combine several disks into a single pool of storage that provides for easier management of multiple disks and resiliency against hardware failure on any of those disks. The disks that you use for Storage Spaces can be a mix of different-sized disks, and these can be connected to Microsoft® Windows using both internal and external connections, making it easy to turn the collection of drives you already have into a safe and easy-to-manage place to store things like your home videos or photos.
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The table below describes the different options for resiliency:
