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What Is a Spanned Volume

A spanned volume is a simple volume that allows you to create a single logical

volume based on unallocated space that is available on other dynamie disks on

the Computer. By using spanned volumes, you can use your storage space morę

efficiently. After a volume is extended, to delete a part of it you must delete the entire spanned volume.

You can create a spanned volume only by using the NTFS file system. Spanned

volumes do not offer fault tolerance. If one of the disks that contains a spanned

volume fails, the entire volume fails and all the data is lost. You can use spanned volumes to inerease storage size when you must create a

volume but do not have enough unallocated space for the volume on a single

disk. By combining sections of unallocated space from multiple

disks, you can

create one spanned volume.

Your organization hires 100 college interns every summer. The interns are

provided with an old server to use for their work. The interns estimate they will

need 10 GB of storage on their D drive in the next month. You want to add the

storage to their assigned drive, but the drive has only 240 MB of unused space.

You find that the interns. server has 15 GB of unallocated space on the E drive.

You can span the D drive to include 10 GB of storage from the E drive.