Server computer is
high-performance computer which intercepts service requests submitted by
its clients and offers corresponding service. At ordinary times, if we
want to browse or download information or read news, we must make
requests for server first, and then the server will deal with our
requests. If there is no server on the internet or server stops running,
all operations related to the network can not be performed. Therefore,
server plays a very important role in the network.
As a server, it must have the competence of bearing
service and ensuring service. To get these kinds of competences, good
server management is necessary besides qualified hardware technology.
The most important thing we should do is to manage server disk. To
manage server disk better, we need the help of partition magic for
server. Many users may raise a doubt that why they need partition magic
for server while Server operating system has built-in disk management
tool. Maybe, some people do not know Windows built-in disk management
tool only can perform auxiliary disk management not all-sided
management. However, partition magic for server is different from
disk management tool.
Partition magic server is specifically designed for disk management. It
has professional disk management competence and all-sided
disk management functions. This is the difference between "
tool" and "
software".
Considering data safety, many servers use dynamic
disks. Indeed, dynamic disk can ensure server data safety effectively.
However, it is troublesome and difficult to manage dynamic disks. To
manage dynamic disk better, Partition Magic can not meet our demands any
more. We need a dynamic disk manager. However, much shared partition
magic does not have dynamic disk management functions, so it can not
help us realize dynamic disk management. Luckily, MiniTool Partition
Wizard 7.1 is added with dynamic disk management functions besides other
powerful disk management functions. Users can visit its official
website
http://www.partitionwizard.com/ to know more information about this partition magic server which also can be called dynamic disk manager.
I believe every user has got a basic understanding to
this partition magic server or dynamic disk manager after visiting its
official website. When seeing so many management operations, many users
may think it is troublesome to operate this partition magic server.
However, the fact is not like this. Although MiniTool Partition Wizard
offers many disk operations and partition operations, every function is
separated clearly. Therefore, operations are very easy. Besides, this
partition magic for server also offers clear prompts so as to ensure
right operations.
Create volume with MiniTool Partition Wizard
I believe most server operating systems currently
being used are Windows Server 2008. In order to let users know
operations of this partition magic server intuitively, I will
demonstrate how to manage dynamic disk. First, from the main interface
of this partition magic server, we can see dynamic disk distribution and
volume distribution. If we want to create volumes, we should click "
Create" functional button on the tool bar or click "
Create Volume" on the left action panel to enter the next interface.
After entering the above interface, we select the type
of volume to be created. This partition magic for server offers 5 types
of volumes, namely "
Simple", "
Spanned", "
Striped", "
Mirrored", and "
RAID-5". After selecting the volume type, we click "
Next" to perform the next operation.
In this interface, we need to select the destination disks to create volumes. Just now, I selected "
RAID-5" to create RAID-5 volume whose creation needs 3 disks, so I click "
Add" functional button. Next, I click "
Next" to go on operating.
In the above interface, we can perform volume
settings, such as set Label, set file system, set volume cluster size,
and set volume letter. After finishing settings, click "
Finish" to go back to the main interface:
After going back to the main interface, we cam see we
have created a RAID-5 volume, but this is just a preview. We also need
to click "
Apply".
At this time, this partition magic server will prompt us to reboot the
computer. We just need to operate according to prompts. In the process
of rebooting, the following interface will appear:
When this partition magic has finished all operations,
it will reboot the computer automatically. After this partition magic
server finishes reboot, we can see the very RAID-5 volume created just
now.
