Apply Dell Midrange Best Practice Recommendations for Host Application Configurations (regular Applications, and AppsON). MIDRANGE-STORAGE-SOLUTIONS-DESIGN Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–13

1. 11application · medium

   A company is deploying AppsON on a Dell midrange array to run a virtualized application directly on the storage system. The application requires low-latency access to its data. Which Dell best practice should be applied for the AppsON host configuration?

   • AUse a thick-provisioned LUN for the AppsON VM to guarantee capacity and avoid performance variability.
   • BConfigure the AppsON VM with a virtual disk on a standard pool with default cache settings.
   • CAssign all available CPU and memory resources of the storage controller to the AppsON VM.
   • DPlace the AppsON VM's virtual disks on a high-performance tier and enable write caching for the application's data volume.
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2. 12foundation · easy

   When configuring a regular host application on a Dell Midrange storage system, which best practice is recommended for the host's storage connectivity?

   • AConfigure multiple paths to the storage array for redundancy and load balancing
   • BUse a single path to the storage array to simplify configuration
   • CDisable multipathing to reduce CPU overhead on the host
   • DUse only one host bus adapter (HBA) per host to avoid complexity
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3. 13expert · hard

   A customer is running a critical application on AppsON. The application requires a specific amount of memory and CPU. The storage administrator is configuring the AppsON VM. Which Dell best practice should be applied to ensure the application has the resources it needs?

   • AAssign the minimum memory and CPU required by the application to leave resources for other AppsON VMs.
   • BDo not assign any specific resources; let AppsON automatically allocate resources to the VM.
   • CAssign the maximum amount of memory and CPU available on the storage controller to the AppsON VM.
   • DAssign the memory and CPU resources as recommended by Dell for the specific application and AppsON version.
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