More and more server users are employing dynamic disk, because dynamic disk has more advanced performance. But as the old brand
Partition Magic doesn't support
dynamic disk management or even server operating system, server users are seeking for better solution to dynamic disk management in server.
Features of dynamic disk
Compared with basic disk, dynamic disk has more advantages. The security and the partition amount it supports are incomparable. In basic disk, partition amount is limited by the 26 English letters. There can only be 26 partitions at the most because they are named from A to Z. However, in dynamic disk, we have no such a limit. As to security, dynamic disk supports mirrored volume, RAID-5 volume, and other kinds of dynamic volumes that guarantee data security better. Considering data security in server, we should employ dynamic disk instead of basic disk in server. To manage dynamic disk, the best choice should be a piece of professional partition magic that supports dynamic disk management.
Dynamic disk management of partition magic
In fact, we can find a piece of professional partition magic from the professional partition magic website
http://www.partition-magic.com/. This partition magic supports basic disk management as well as dynamic disk management. With this partition magic, we can easily perform various dynamic disk management operations like
create volume,
delete volume,
resize volume,
wipe volume, and
format volume. When creating volume, we can choose whish kind of volume we are to create such as simple volume, spanned volume, striped volume, mirrored volume, and RAID-5 volume. Next, let me show you how to use this partition magic to create volume.
After
downloading this partition magic, you can install it and launch it to start work:
In this main interface, select any dynamic disk, and click "
Create" button:
Here, we can select the volume type. Let's select mirrored volume for example. Click "
Next" to continue:
In this interface, we can select the disks we need to create volume, and click "
Next" button:
In this interface, we can set volume size, cluster size, file system and other attributes. Then, click "
Finish" button:
In main interface, we can find the newly created mirrored volume. If there is nothing wrong, click "
Apply" button to execute operation.