Account for Specific Customer Continuity and Protection Requirements POWERSCALE-DESIGN-V2 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   What is the primary purpose of documenting the continuity and protection design for a PowerScale solution?

   • ATo provide a marketing overview of PowerScale features
   • BTo list all possible PowerScale features, regardless of relevance
   • CTo communicate the design decisions and how they meet the customer’s requirements
   • DTo replace the need for testing the disaster recovery plan
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2. 7expert · hard

   A customer runs a PowerScale cluster with 4 nodes and uses N+1:1 protection. They are planning to upgrade the cluster to 6 nodes. During the upgrade, they want to ensure that data remains available if a node fails. What should the design consider?

   • AThe cluster will increase protection to N+2:1 automatically when nodes are added
   • BThe cluster will automatically re-protect data as nodes are added, maintaining N+1:1 protection
   • CThe cluster will be unavailable during the node addition process
   • DThe cluster will require a full backup before adding nodes
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4. 8foundation · easy

   A customer requires the ability to restore data from a point in time that is older than the retention period of their snapshots. Which PowerScale feature should be integrated into the backup strategy?

   • ANDMP backup to tape or virtual tape
   • BSmartPools tiering to cloud
   • CSmartQuotas to limit storage usage
   • DSyncIQ replication to a remote cluster
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5. 9foundation · easy

   Which factor is most important when recommending a protection level for a PowerScale cluster?

   • AThe brand of network switches used
   • BThe customer’s tolerance for node failures and the associated storage overhead
   • CThe physical size of the data center
   • DThe number of users accessing the cluster
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6. 10expert · hard

   A customer runs a 5-node PowerScale cluster with N+1:1 protection. They are experiencing intermittent node failures and want to ensure that data remains available during a node rebuild. The cluster is at 85% capacity. What should the design recommend?

   • AConfigure SyncIQ to replicate to a second cluster for high availability
   • BEnable SmartFail to automatically remove failed nodes
   • CIncrease protection to N+2:1 to tolerate more failures and reduce rebuild impact
   • DAdd a node to the cluster to increase capacity and performance
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