Capture and Analyze the Technical Requirements for Performance, Capacity, and Features That Most Accurately Fit the Business and Solution Needs POWERSCALE-DESIGN-V2 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · easy

   Which factor is most important to consider when analyzing capacity requirements for a PowerScale solution?

   • AThe number of network ports on the nodes
   • BThe brand of the client computers
   • CUsable capacity after data protection overhead
   • DThe color of the rack
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2. 2expert · hard

   A gaming company is designing a PowerScale cluster for game telemetry data. The data is written at a high rate (10 GB/s) and read occasionally for analytics. The company expects 50% annual growth. They want to minimize cost while ensuring the write throughput is sustained. Which design approach is most appropriate?

   • AUse hybrid nodes with SSD caching for the write stream
   • BUse HDD-only nodes with a large number of spindles
   • CUse a single pool of all-flash nodes to simplify management
   • DUse all-flash nodes to sustain the write throughput and tier older data to HDD nodes
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4. 3foundation · easy

   A customer requires that their storage system support the SMB protocol for Windows clients. Which type of requirement is this?

   • APerformance requirement
   • BBusiness requirement
   • CCapacity requirement
   • DFeature requirement
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5. 4foundation · easy

   During the design process, a customer states that the storage system must be operational within three months. How does this constraint affect the design?

   • AIt only affects the color of the storage nodes
   • BIt has no effect on the technical design
   • CIt may influence the choice of solution to meet the timeline
   • DIt requires the use of a specific protocol
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6. 5expert · hard

   A cloud service provider is designing a PowerScale cluster for a multi-tenant environment. They need to support 500 TB of usable capacity with 25% annual growth. The workload is mixed: 60% sequential reads, 40% random writes. The provider wants to minimize cost while meeting performance requirements. Which design approach is most appropriate?

   • AUse a single pool of all-flash nodes to simplify management
   • BUse HDD-only nodes with a large number of spindles
   • CUse all-flash nodes to maximize performance
   • DUse a mix of HDD and SSD nodes, with SmartPools to tier cold data to HDD
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