Differentiate Between the Architectural Components and Identify Use Cases of PowerScale Platforms POWERSCALE-MAINTENANCE Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–22

1. 21expert · hard

   A media company has a PowerScale cluster with a single storage pool of H-series nodes. They are adding a new real-time editing workload that requires high IOPS. They have a limited budget and cannot add new nodes. What is the most effective way to improve performance for the new workload?

   • AAdd SSDs to the existing H-series nodes and configure them as a cache tier to accelerate the editing workload
   • BReconfigure the existing storage pool to use a higher protection level to improve performance
   • CEnable SmartPools to automatically move the editing workload to a faster tier
   • DMove the editing workload to a separate storage pool on the same nodes
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2. 22foundation · easy

   Which set of components best describes the core architectural building blocks of a Dell PowerScale cluster?

   • ANodes, storage pools, and the OneFS distributed file system
   • BHead nodes, compute nodes, and a parallel file system
   • CControllers, shelves, and a SAN fabric
   • DGateways, storage arrays, and a NAS protocol layer
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