Workload Characteristics for Different Business Requirements CERTIFIED-HYBRID-CLOUD-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   An organization is choosing between a high-performance all-flash storage system and a lower-cost HDD-based system for a file archive. The archive is accessed rarely and does not require fast retrieval. Which business requirement is most likely to drive the decision?

   • ACost
   • BPerformance
   • CAvailability
   • DScalability
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2. 7foundation · easy

   A storage system is rated at 10,000 IOPS and 200 MB/s throughput. An application performs 4 KB random reads. What is the approximate maximum throughput in MB/s that this application can achieve if it is limited by the IOPS rating?

   • A400 MB/s
   • B200 MB/s
   • C40 MB/s
   • D2,500 MB/s
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4. 8application · medium

   A data analytics team runs interactive queries on a large dataset. Users expect results within seconds. The queries involve scanning large amounts of data and performing aggregations. Which storage system characteristic is MOST important for this workload?

   • AHigh throughput for large sequential reads
   • BHigh IOPS for small random reads
   • CLow latency for single-block writes
   • DHigh capacity for storing many small files
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5. 9application · medium

   A company is migrating its email system to a new storage platform. The email system has a large number of small files and moderate read/write activity. The business requirement is to keep costs low while maintaining acceptable performance. Which workload characteristic should be the PRIMARY consideration?

   • AHigh IOPS for small file operations
   • BHigh throughput for large files
   • CHigh capacity for archival data
   • DLow latency for all operations
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6. 10application · medium

   A company's customer relationship management (CRM) system has an RPO of 1 hour and an RTO of 4 hours. The system is being migrated to a new storage platform. Which sizing decision is MOST directly influenced by these requirements?

   • AThe network bandwidth for user access
   • BThe replication frequency and recovery infrastructure
   • CThe number of CPU cores in the application servers
   • DThe amount of storage capacity for snapshots
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