Components and Concepts of NetApp SANtricity CERTIFIED-TECHNOLOGY-SOLUTIONS-PROFESSIONAL Practice Questions (Page 7)

Questions 31–35

1. 31foundation · easy

   What is an advantage of disk pools over traditional RAID groups?

   • AThey require fewer drives to start
   • BThey provide automatic rebalancing when drives are added
   • CThey eliminate the need for spare drives
   • DThey support only RAID 0
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2. 32foundation · easy

   What is a snapshot in SANtricity?

   • AA real-time replication to a remote site
   • BA point-in-time, read-only copy of a volume's data
   • CA backup to tape
   • DA full physical clone of the entire array
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4. 33foundation · easy

   Which scenario best illustrates the use of SANtricity Unified Manager?

   • AAn administrator creates a new volume on a specific array
   • BAn administrator views the health status of all E-Series arrays across multiple data centers
   • CAn administrator updates the firmware on a single controller
   • DAn administrator configures RAID groups on a single E-Series array
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5. 34application · medium

   A financial services company uses an E-Series array for their transaction database. They need to create a point-in-time copy of the database every hour for reporting purposes, without impacting the performance of the production database. The copies must be space-efficient and only store changes. Which SANtricity feature should they use?

   • ARemote Mirroring
   • BSnapshot
   • CVolume Copy
   • DThin Provisioning
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6. 35application · medium

   A media company is deploying a new E-Series array for their video editing storage. The storage will hold large files that are frequently created and deleted as projects are completed. The team wants to simplify management and avoid the manual rebalancing of volumes across drives. Which approach should they use to create the storage pool?

   • ACreate multiple RAID 1 pairs and stripe volumes across them
   • BCreate a traditional RAID group with RAID 5 and add volumes manually
   • CUse a RAID 0 group and rely on the application to handle redundancy
   • DCreate a disk pool with a single RAID level and let SANtricity manage capacity
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