Describe PowerScale Hardware Components and Intended Use Cases, for Both Gen 5 and Gen 6 Hardware POWERSCALE-DEPLOY Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–19

1. 16foundation · easy

   What is a key difference between Gen 5 and Gen 6 PowerScale nodes regarding drive technology?

   • AGen 5 supports NVMe, while Gen 6 only supports SATA.
   • BGen 5 uses only HDDs, while Gen 6 uses only SSDs.
   • CGen 5 supports Fibre Channel, while Gen 6 supports iSCSI.
   • DGen 5 uses SATA SSDs, while Gen 6 adds support for NVMe drives.
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2. 17application · medium

   A service provider is building a new Gen 6 PowerScale cluster to offer a high-performance file storage service to its customers. The service is expected to have a high rate of small, random read and write operations. The provider wants to ensure the cluster can deliver the lowest possible latency. Which Gen 6 node series should be used?

   • AF900 all-flash nodes
   • BH700 hybrid nodes
   • CA3000 archive nodes
   • DB500 nodes
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4. 18foundation · easy

   Which hardware component in a PowerScale Gen 5 node is responsible for providing the high-speed interconnect used for cluster communication?

   • ASAS HBA
   • BInfiniBand HCA
   • CFibre Channel HBA
   • D10GbE NIC
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5. 19foundation · easy

   For which workload would a Gen 6 hybrid node (with NVMe cache and HDD capacity) be most appropriate?

   • AA workload that only stores data that is never accessed again
   • BA workload that requires the absolute lowest latency for every single I/O operation
   • CA workload with a large working set that is frequently accessed and a large cold data set
   • DA workload that requires the highest possible storage density in a single rack unit
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