Differentiate Between SmartPools, Storage Pools, SSD Usage, and File Pool Policies POWERSCALE-DEPLOY Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   What is a storage pool in a PowerScale cluster?

   • AA logical grouping of nodes and drives that defines where data is stored
   • BA replication target for disaster recovery
   • CA collection of file pool policies that manage data placement
   • DA network segment for client access
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2. 17expert · hard

   A company has a PowerScale cluster with three storage pools: Pool 1 (SSD), Pool 2 (HDD), and Pool 3 (Archive HDD). They want to implement a tiering strategy: files accessed within the last 30 days stay on Pool 1, files accessed within the last year move to Pool 2, and files older than a year move to Pool 3. They create two file pool policies: Policy A moves files not accessed in 30 days to Pool 2, and Policy B moves files not accessed in 365 days to Pool 3. What is the potential issue with this configuration?

   • AThe policies will conflict and cause errors
   • BThe policies will move files to the wrong pool because they use different criteria
   • CPolicy B may move files directly from Pool 1 to Pool 3, skipping Pool 2, if it runs before Policy A
   • DPolicy A will move all files to Pool 2, including those accessed recently, because the policy matches on last access time
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4. 18foundation · easy

   What is a primary use of SSDs in a PowerScale cluster?

   • AReplication log storage
   • BNetwork packet buffering
   • CMetadata acceleration and caching
   • DLong-term archival storage
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5. 19expert · hard

   A company has a PowerScale cluster with two storage pools: Pool A (SSD) and Pool B (HDD). They have a file pool policy that moves files older than 1 year to Pool B. However, they notice that some files older than 1 year are still in Pool A. What is the most likely reason?

   • AThe files are locked or open, preventing movement
   • BThe file pool policy has not run yet or the files do not match the policy criteria
   • CThe storage pool is full, so the policy cannot move files
   • DThe files are on a different node than the policy targets
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6. 20application · medium

   A company wants to use SmartPools to manage storage tiers. They have created two storage pools and want to automate the movement of files between them based on file size. What must they configure?

   • AA SmartPools rule that matches on file size
   • BA storage pool policy that matches on file size
   • CAn SSD caching policy that matches on file size
   • DA file pool policy that matches on file size and specifies the target pool
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