A healthcare provider is designing a PowerScale cluster for electronic health records (EHR). The cluster must meet strict data residency requirements, so all data must remain in a specific geographic region. The provider also requires high availability and the ability to survive a rack failure. The architect is considering a stretched cluster across two sites in the same region. Which design consideration is most critical for this deployment?

Using a single management network for both sites

Ensuring the back-end network has sufficient bandwidth and low latency between sites

Placing all nodes in the same rack to simplify cabling

Using archive nodes to reduce cost

A workload requires high IOPS and low latency for a database application. Which node type is most appropriate?

Any node type can meet this requirement

A company has a PowerScale cluster with 4 nodes. They need to double the storage capacity and also improve performance. They are considering adding 4 nodes. Which node type should they add to achieve both goals?

A mix of all-flash and archive nodes

A government agency requires a PowerScale cluster that can survive the failure of an entire rack. The cluster will run a mix of high-performance and capacity-oriented workloads. The agency has a limited budget and wants to minimize the number of nodes. Which design best meets these requirements?

Distribute nodes across two racks, with each rack containing a mix of node types

Use a single rack with all-flash nodes to maximize performance

Use two racks, with all performance nodes in one rack and all capacity nodes in the other

Place all nodes in a single rack with redundant power and cooling

A university is designing a PowerScale cluster for research data. The cluster must support high-throughput access from multiple research groups and must remain available during a network switch failure. The architect plans to use a leaf-spine topology for the front-end network. Which additional design element is required to meet the availability requirement?

Redundant management switches only

A single leaf switch for all nodes

Redundant spine switches and at least two uplinks from each leaf switch

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16expert · hard
A healthcare provider is designing a PowerScale cluster for electronic health records (EHR). The cluster must meet strict data residency requirements, so all data must remain in a specific geographic region. The provider also requires high availability and the ability to survive a rack failure. The architect is considering a stretched cluster across two sites in the same region. Which design consideration is most critical for this deployment?
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17foundation · easy
A workload requires high IOPS and low latency for a database application. Which node type is most appropriate?
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18application · medium
A company has a PowerScale cluster with 4 nodes. They need to double the storage capacity and also improve performance. They are considering adding 4 nodes. Which node type should they add to achieve both goals?
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19expert · hard
A government agency requires a PowerScale cluster that can survive the failure of an entire rack. The cluster will run a mix of high-performance and capacity-oriented workloads. The agency has a limited budget and wants to minimize the number of nodes. Which design best meets these requirements?
Select an answer first
20expert · hard
A university is designing a PowerScale cluster for research data. The cluster must support high-throughput access from multiple research groups and must remain available during a network switch failure. The architect plans to use a leaf-spine topology for the front-end network. Which additional design element is required to meet the availability requirement?
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A workload requires high IOPS and low latency for a database application. Which node type is most appropriate?

A company has a PowerScale cluster with 4 nodes. They need to double the storage capacity and also improve performance. They are considering adding 4 nodes. Which node type should they add to achieve both goals?

A government agency requires a PowerScale cluster that can survive the failure of an entire rack. The cluster will run a mix of high-performance and capacity-oriented workloads. The agency has a limited budget and wants to minimize the number of nodes. Which design best meets these requirements?

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