Apply Dell Midrange Best Practice Recommendations for Storage Configuration (storage Pools, RAID Level, Capacity, Storage Resources Utilization). MIDRANGE-STORAGE-SOLUTIONS-DESIGN Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   What is the primary purpose of monitoring storage resource utilization in a Dell midrange storage environment?

   • ATo track capacity and performance trends to ensure efficient operation and proactively identify potential issues.
   • BTo identify underutilized resources and reallocate them to other workloads.
   • CTo ensure that all storage resources are used to their maximum capacity at all times.
   • DTo provide a record of storage usage for billing purposes.
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2. 7application · medium

   A manufacturing company is deploying a Dell PowerVault ME5 for a new ERP system. The ERP system requires a mix of high sequential read throughput and moderate random write performance. The storage administrator has 16 drives available and wants to maximize usable capacity while providing good performance. Which RAID level and drive configuration should be used?

   • ARAID 10 with 8 drive pairs
   • BRAID 5 with all 16 drives in a single RAID group
   • CRAID 6 with all 16 drives in a single RAID group
   • DRAID 1 with 8 mirrored pairs
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4. 8foundation · easy

   Which data reduction technique is most effective for workloads that contain many repeated blocks of data, such as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)?

   • ACompression
   • BRAID 5
   • CThin provisioning
   • DDeduplication
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5. 9expert · medium

   A hospital is deploying a Dell PowerStore system for two applications: an electronic health record (EHR) system that requires high IOPS and low latency, and a medical imaging archive that requires high throughput and large capacity. The storage administrator has 24 drives of the same type and wants to create two storage pools. Which RAID configuration should be used for each pool to best meet the requirements?

   • ARAID 6 for the EHR pool and RAID 5 for the imaging pool
   • BRAID 10 for both pools
   • CRAID 10 for the EHR pool and RAID 6 for the imaging pool
   • DRAID 5 for the EHR pool and RAID 10 for the imaging pool
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6. 10foundation · easy

   Which metric is most directly used to identify a potential performance bottleneck in a Dell midrange storage system?

   • ACPU utilization of the storage controllers
   • BDisk latency
   • CNumber of snapshots taken
   • DTotal raw capacity
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