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Dynamic disks in Windows Server 2012 R2 offer advanced features that go beyond what basic disks provide. One of the key characteristics of dynamic disks is their ability to support a variety of volume types, including disk striping (which spreads data across multiple disks for performance improvements) and mirroring (which allows for data redundancy by duplicating information onto another disk). This is particularly useful in environments where performance and reliability are critical.

Dynamic disks can create several volume types, such as simple, spanned, striped, mirrored, and RAID-5. This flexibility allows for configurations that can optimize both performance and data protection strategies. Therefore, the ability to create mirrored volumes—where data is duplicated across different disks to ensure data integrity in case of disk failure—is a prominent characteristic of dynamic disks.

In contrast, basic disks simply support primary and extended partitions and do not offer these advanced volume types, limiting their functionality in terms of performance and redundancy options.