Identify vSAN ESA Design Consideration. VXRAIL-DESIGN Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · easy

   Which hardware component is a mandatory requirement for vSAN ESA?

   • ANVMe drives for all storage devices
   • BA hardware RAID controller for each disk group
   • CA dedicated 25 GbE network for storage traffic
   • DAt least 512 GB of memory per host
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2. 2application · medium

   A company is deciding between vSAN ESA and OSA for a new file server workload. The workload is write-heavy and requires high throughput. The storage team has budget constraints and wants to minimize the number of drives. Which design consideration should influence the decision?

   • AOSA provides better write performance because it uses a dedicated cache tier, so it is the better choice.
   • BESA can achieve higher throughput with fewer drives because all NVMe devices contribute to performance, whereas OSA requires a separate cache tier.
   • CBoth architectures have the same drive requirements, so the decision should be based on software features.
   • DESA requires more drives than OSA because it does not use a cache tier, so OSA is more cost-effective.
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4. 3foundation · easy

   When calculating usable capacity in vSAN ESA, which factor must be considered?

   • AThe CPU speed of the hosts in the cluster
   • BThe number of VMs per host, regardless of their size
   • CThe overhead for the vSAN file system and metadata
   • DThe network bandwidth available for storage traffic
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5. 4application · medium

   A healthcare provider is deploying vSAN ESA for an electronic health record (EHR) system. The system requires encryption of data at rest and the ability to take snapshots for backup. The storage administrator wants to ensure that encryption does not impact performance significantly. Which design decision should be made?

   • AEnable vSAN encryption using a hardware security module (HSM) and use native vSAN snapshots for backup.
   • BEnable encryption but disable snapshots because snapshots are not supported in ESA.
   • CDisable encryption because vSAN ESA does not support it, and rely on application-level encryption.
   • DUse a third-party backup solution that performs encryption and snapshots, because vSAN ESA cannot do both.
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6. 5foundation · easy

   Which vSAN ESA data service provides a point-in-time copy of a VM's data?

   • ASnapshot
   • BCompression
   • CDeduplication
   • DEncryption
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