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Disk Cleanup Utility built into Windows that can help users clean up their

hard drives by removing temporary Internet files, deleting unused program

files, and more.

Disk Defragmenter A program that maintains performance by rearranging

chunks of data on a storage device to ensure chunks that comprise a file are

stored contiguously. Renamed to Optimize Drives in Windows 8 and up.

disk duplexing Type of disk mirroring using two separate controllers rather

than one; marginally faster than traditional mirroring because one controller

does not write each piece of data twice.

disk initialization A process that places special information on every hard

drive installed in a Windows system.

Disk Management Snap-in available with the Microsoft Management

Console that enables techs to configure the various disks installed in a

system; available in Computer Management in Administrative Tool.

disk mirroring Process by which data is written simultaneously to two or

more disk drives. Read and write speed is decreased, but redundancy in case

of catastrophe is increased.

disk quota Application allowing network administrators to limit hard drive

space usage.

disk striping Process by which data is spread among multiple (at least two)

drives. Increases speed for both reads and writes of data. Considered RAID

level 0 because it does not provide fault tolerance.

disk striping with parity Method for providing fault tolerance by writing

data across multiple drives and then including an additional drive, called a

parity drive, that stores information to rebuild the data contained on the other

drives. Requires at least three physical disks: two for the data and a third for

the parity drive. This provides data redundancy at RAID levels 5, 10, and 0+1

with different options.

disk thrashing Hard drive that is constantly being accessed due to lack of

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