Describe the SmartPools Features POWERSCALE-DEPLOY Practice Questions (Page 8)

Questions 36–38

1. 36expert · hard

   A company has a PowerScale cluster with multiple storage pools and uses SmartPools to manage data placement. The administrator wants to ensure that a new file pool policy applies to all files in the cluster, including those that were manually placed on a specific tier. What should the administrator do to ensure the policy takes effect?

   • ARun the SmartPools job to evaluate and apply the policy across the cluster
   • BDisable SmartPools and use manual management only
   • CCreate a separate policy for each storage pool
   • DManually move all files to the correct tier before creating the policy
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2. 37foundation · easy

   How does SmartPools integrate with snapshots?

   • ASnapshots are only taken of files on the fastest tier
   • BSmartPools prevents snapshots of tiered data
   • CSnapshots are taken of files regardless of their storage tier
   • DSmartPools creates snapshots automatically
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3. 38foundation · easy

   How does SmartPools help manage capacity?

   • ABy deleting old files automatically
   • BBy moving cold data to more cost-effective storage tiers
   • CBy increasing the number of nodes
   • DBy compressing data to reduce storage usage
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