Describe PowerScale Hardware Components and Intended Use Cases, for Both Gen 5 and Gen 6 Hardware POWERSCALE-DEPLOY Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11application · medium

   A company is planning to deploy a new PowerScale cluster for a file server workload that requires a balance of performance and capacity. The workload is not extremely demanding, but it does need to support a moderate number of concurrent users. The company has a preference for Gen 5 hardware to reduce costs. Which Gen 5 node series is the most appropriate for this workload?

   • AA2000 archive nodes
   • BF800 all-flash nodes
   • CH5600 hybrid nodes
   • DH4000 hybrid nodes
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2. 12foundation · easy

   Which deployment scenario is a typical use case for PowerScale Gen 6 all-NVMe nodes?

   • AHigh-latency archival storage
   • BCompliance archive with write-once-read-many access
   • CLow-cost backup repository
   • DAI and deep learning training workloads
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4. 13application · medium

   A company is decommissioning a Gen 5 PowerScale cluster and wants to repurpose the nodes for a new, non-production test environment. The nodes are F800 all-flash nodes. The test environment will be used for development and QA, with a mix of read and write workloads. What is a key hardware characteristic of the F800 node that the administrator should consider when planning this environment?

   • AIt uses SATA SSDs for storage
   • BIt is a hybrid node with both SSD and HDD drives
   • CIt uses NVMe SSDs for storage
   • DIt is designed for high-capacity archive storage
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5. 14expert · hard

   A media company is deploying a new Gen 6 PowerScale cluster for a video editing workload. The editors work with 8K footage, which requires very high sustained read and write bandwidth. The company also wants to ensure the cluster can handle a large number of concurrent editors without performance degradation. The IT team is deciding between the F900 and the H700 node series. Which factor should be the primary consideration in this decision?

   • AThe H700 provides a better balance of performance and capacity, which is more cost-effective.
   • BThe H700 supports more total storage capacity, which is needed for 8K footage.
   • CThe F900 provides lower latency and higher IOPS, which is critical for 8K editing.
   • DThe F900 is more power-efficient, which reduces operational costs.
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6. 15application · medium

   A media company is replacing an aging Gen 5 all-flash cluster that runs a latency-sensitive 4K video editing workload. The editors consistently report that the current cluster's CPU becomes a bottleneck during collaborative sessions with heavy metadata operations. The company wants to stay with PowerScale but needs a node family that improves CPU performance per node and supports the latest 100GbE networking. Which node family should the architect recommend?

   • AGen 6 A3000 archive nodes
   • BGen 6 F900 all-flash nodes
   • CGen 5 F800 all-flash nodes
   • DGen 5 H5600 hybrid nodes
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