DDP or Volume Groups CERTIFIED-IMPLEMENTATION-ENGINEER-SAN-E-SERIES Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   What is the primary role of a volume group in a storage system?

   • ATo provide a single point of management for all storage controllers in the system.
   • BTo define the network access rules for storage volumes.
   • CTo group physical disks into a logical unit that can be configured with a RAID level and used to create volumes.
   • DTo store backup copies of data for disaster recovery purposes.
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2. 7foundation · easy

   How can you add drives to an existing volume group?

   • AAdd new drives to the volume group, and the system automatically expands the capacity without manual reconfiguration.
   • BUse the 'Add Drives' feature in SANtricity to add drives to the volume group, which may require a RAID level change.
   • CReplace existing drives with larger drives to increase capacity.
   • DCreate a new volume and assign it to the volume group.
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4. 8expert · hard

   A financial services firm runs a high-IOPS OLTP database on a 12-drive DDP. One drive fails. The admin notices the DDP is in 'degraded' state and rebuild is in progress. The database performance has dropped significantly. The firm cannot tolerate downtime but needs to restore performance. What should the admin do first?

   • ADelete the DDP and recreate it with the remaining 11 drives
   • BImmediately add a new drive to the DDP to accelerate the rebuild
   • CWait for the automatic rebuild to complete and monitor DDP health
   • DManually assign a hot spare drive to replace the failed drive
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5. 9foundation · easy

   What happens when a drive fails in a DDP?

   • AThe DDP becomes unavailable until the failed drive is replaced.
   • BThe failed drive is automatically replaced with a new drive from the vendor's spare inventory.
   • CThe system requires manual intervention to assign a hot spare drive.
   • DThe system automatically rebuilds the data using distributed spare capacity across all remaining drives.
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6. 10foundation · easy

   How can you add capacity to an existing Dynamic Disk Pool (DDP)?

   • AAdd new drives to the pool, and the system automatically redistributes data across the expanded pool.
   • BCreate a new volume group and merge it with the DDP.
   • CIncrease the capacity of existing volumes without adding drives.
   • DReplace existing drives with larger drives one at a time.
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