Apply Dell Midrange Best Practice Recommendations for Data Services. MIDRANGE-STORAGE-SOLUTIONS-DESIGN Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   A storage administrator is planning a Dell midrange array deployment and wants to use the array's built-in data services to improve efficiency and protection. Which set of capabilities is considered a data service on Dell midrange storage platforms?

   • ASNMP, SMTP, and Syslog alerting mechanisms
   • BRAID levels, disk groups, and hot spare management
   • CThin provisioning, snapshots, replication, and data reduction
   • DFC, iSCSI, and NVMe over Fabrics host connectivity protocols
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2. 17expert · hard

   A company runs VMware vSphere on a Dell PowerStore array. They need to protect a critical VM with a recovery point objective (RPO) of 1 hour and a recovery time objective (RTO) of 15 minutes. The VM is 500 GB and changes at 5% per hour. The storage administrator wants to use array-based snapshots for protection. What is the Dell best practice for integrating snapshots with VMware?

   • ATake a snapshot of the VM's datastore every hour using the vSphere snapshot feature.
   • BTake a full backup of the VM to tape every hour.
   • CConfigure synchronous replication of the VM's datastore to a second array.
   • DUse the VSS/VAAI integration to take array-based snapshots of the VM's datastore every hour.
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4. 18application · medium

   A university runs a Dell Unity XT array hosting multiple departmental workloads. The research department runs a high-priority simulation that must complete within a specific time window, while the student file shares have no performance guarantees. The storage administrator needs to ensure the simulation gets sufficient I/O resources without over-provisioning. What is the Dell best practice?

   • ASet a maximum QoS limit on the student file shares to cap their I/O and leave the simulation unthrottled.
   • BUse thin provisioning on the simulation volume to improve its performance.
   • CSet a maximum limit on the simulation volume to prevent it from impacting other workloads.
   • DSet a minimum QoS guarantee on the simulation volume and a maximum limit on the student file shares.
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5. 19foundation · easy

   When implementing tiering on a Dell midrange array, what is a best practice to follow?

   • ADisable automated tiering to avoid any performance impact from data movement
   • BPlace all data on the highest-performance tier to ensure maximum performance
   • CUse only one tier of storage to simplify management
   • DUse tiering policies that align with workload access patterns and performance requirements
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6. 20foundation · easy

   A storage administrator needs to ensure that a critical database gets consistent performance even during peak usage. What is the purpose of Quality of Service (QoS) on Dell midrange arrays?

   • ATo limit the maximum capacity a volume can consume
   • BTo replicate data to a remote site for disaster recovery
   • CTo control and prioritize storage performance for specific volumes or workloads
   • DTo encrypt data at rest to meet compliance requirements
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