Differentiate Between the Architectural Components and Identify Use Cases of PowerScale Platforms POWERSCALE-MAINTENANCE Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   A company is deploying a PowerScale cluster and the network administrator is configuring the front-end network. They need to ensure that client traffic is resilient and can be load-balanced across multiple nodes. Which PowerScale feature is designed to provide this capability?

   • AThe backend interconnect, which routes client requests to the appropriate node
   • BSmartConnect, which provides a single access point and dynamically load-balances client connections across nodes
   • CAn external hardware load balancer that is required for all PowerScale deployments
   • DA round-robin DNS entry that points to all node IP addresses
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2. 7foundation · easy

   Which PowerScale node series is best suited for high IOPS, low-latency workloads such as database transaction processing?

   • AA-series
   • BH-series
   • CN-series
   • DF-series
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4. 8expert · hard

   A research organization is considering PowerScale for a new project that involves both large-scale genomic sequencing data and real-time analysis. The data is initially written at high speed, then accessed randomly for analysis. The organization has a preference for a single, unified storage platform. Which PowerScale use case best aligns with this requirement?

   • AA primary storage platform for virtualized server environments
   • BA long-term archival platform optimized for write-once, read-rarely data
   • CA backup and disaster recovery target for other storage systems
   • DA high-performance analytics platform that can handle both high-throughput writes and high-IOPS random reads
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5. 9application · medium

   A media production company uses a PowerScale cluster to store video footage. Recently ingested 4K raw footage is accessed frequently during editing, while completed projects are rarely accessed after delivery. The storage administrator wants to optimize performance and cost without manual data movement. What should they configure?

   • ACreate a single storage pool with all nodes and enable SmartPools to automatically tier data based on access frequency
   • BConfigure a single storage pool with all nodes and disable all data movement policies
   • CAssign all nodes to the same tier and rely on the cluster's cache to handle performance differences
   • DManually move completed projects to an external archive system after delivery
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6. 10application · medium

   A financial services firm is designing a PowerScale cluster for a new analytics platform. They need to ensure that if a single node fails, the cluster continues to serve data without interruption and without requiring manual failover. Which architectural feature of OneFS provides this capability?

   • AA replicated external database that stores the file system state
   • BA standby node that is pre-configured to take over the failed node's IP address
   • CA redundant pair of dedicated metadata controllers that assume control upon failure
   • DThe distributed nature of OneFS, which spreads data and metadata across all nodes and automatically rebalances in the event of a failure
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