Explain PowerMaxOS 10 Operational Environment POWERMAX-INSTALL Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11application · medium

   A financial services firm is deploying a new PowerMax 2500 for a mixed workload: a critical database requiring high availability and a file server with largely compressible data. The storage admin needs to configure RAID protection that balances data protection with capacity efficiency. Which configuration should be used?

   • ARAID 6 for the database and RAID 5 for the file server, with de-duplication enabled on both.
   • BRAID 1 for the database and RAID 6 for the file server, with inline compression enabled on the file server pool.
   • CRAID 5 for both workloads and disable compression to ensure consistent performance.
   • DRAID 10 for the file server and RAID 1 for the database, with compression disabled globally.
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2. 12application · medium

   A hospital is migrating a legacy mainframe workload to a new PowerMax 8500 running PowerMaxOS 10. The application uses an old CKD (count-key-data) format that the storage team wants to preserve without rewriting the host software. The team also needs to maximize usable capacity for this workload. Which approach should the storage architect recommend?

   • ADisable emulation and use the native SCSI protocol with RAID 5 to improve performance.
   • BPresent the devices as raw FBA LUNs and use host-based encryption to protect the data at rest.
   • CUse the emulation layer to present the CKD devices natively, then enable inline compression on the emulated devices.
   • DConvert the CKD volumes to FBA (fixed-block) format and rely on thin provisioning to reclaim unused space.
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4. 13foundation · easy

   In PowerMaxOS 10, what is the primary role of emulation?

   • ATo translate SCSI commands into NVMe commands for all connected hosts
   • BTo abstract the underlying hardware so that software and management layers interact with a consistent, compatible interface
   • CTo emulate the behavior of older Dell EMC arrays for legacy host compatibility
   • DTo provide a virtual machine environment for running guest operating systems on the array
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5. 14foundation · easy

   What is the combined effect of inline de-duplication and compression in PowerMaxOS 10?

   • AThey increase the usable capacity of the array by reducing the amount of physical storage needed for data
   • BThey improve I/O performance by reducing the number of reads and writes
   • CThey allow the system to use less DRAM for cache
   • DThey provide data protection by creating redundant copies of data
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6. 15application · medium

   A retail company is deploying a PowerMax 2500 for its e-commerce platform. The platform has a product catalog with many similar images and a transaction database with unique records. The storage admin wants to reduce capacity usage. What is the most effective configuration?

   • AEnable inline de-duplication for the catalog pool and inline compression for the database pool.
   • BEnable inline compression for the catalog pool and de-duplication for the database pool.
   • CDisable both features and use RAID 5 to save capacity.
   • DEnable both de-duplication and compression on all pools.
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