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 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   A customer requires a storage system that can sustain 2,000 IOPS with an average latency of 1 ms. Which type of requirement is this?

   • ACapacity requirement
   • BBusiness requirement
   • CFeature requirement
   • DPerformance requirement
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2. 17application · medium

   A video surveillance company stores camera footage that is written continuously and read rarely. The footage must be retained for 90 days. The company is considering a PowerScale cluster and wants to minimize cost while meeting the write throughput requirement. Which approach is most appropriate?

   • AUse hybrid nodes with SSD caching for the write stream
   • BUse all-flash nodes to handle the continuous write stream
   • CUse high-density HDD nodes for capacity and configure SmartPools to tier older footage to archive nodes
   • DUse a single pool of all-flash nodes to simplify management
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4. 18expert · hard

   A telecommunications company is designing a PowerScale cluster for call detail records (CDR). The data is written continuously and read rarely for compliance audits. The retention period is 7 years, and the data volume is 1 PB today with 30% annual growth. The company wants to minimize cost while ensuring data is available for audits. Which design approach is most appropriate?

   • AUse all-flash nodes to handle the continuous write stream
   • BUse high-density HDD nodes for capacity and configure SmartPools to tier older data to archive nodes
   • CUse hybrid nodes with SSD caching for the write stream
   • DUse a single pool of all-flash nodes to simplify management
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5. 19expert · hard

   A media company is designing a PowerScale cluster for a new film production. The production requires 5 GB/s throughput for 4K editing and 1 PB of storage for raw footage. The budget is fixed, and the company wants to avoid over-provisioning. The editing team expects the workload to be bursty, with peak demand during final rendering. Which design approach best balances performance and cost?

   • ASize the cluster for the average throughput and use hybrid nodes
   • BUse a tiered design with all-flash nodes for active editing and HDD nodes for archived footage
   • CSize the cluster for the peak throughput requirement and use all-flash nodes
   • DUse a single pool of HDD nodes with SSD caching
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6. 20foundation · easy

   During the initial discovery meeting, a customer states they need a storage system for their media production workflow. Which activity is part of gathering technical requirements?

   • ADocumenting the expected throughput, IOPS, and latency for the media workflow
   • BScheduling the installation date for the storage system
   • CConfiguring the network switches for the PowerScale cluster
   • DSelecting the specific PowerScale node models to be deployed
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