Dell D-PST-DS-00 - Dell PowerStore Design Exam
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Total 50 questions
Question #6 (Topic: Exam A)
During a customer environment assessment, the Storage Analyst observes that multiple applications generate different workload profiles. Some workloads are latency-sensitive, while others require large throughput.
What should the Analyst prioritize when sizing the storage system?
What should the Analyst prioritize when sizing the storage system?
A. Evaluating workload characteristics to balance performance and capacity
B. Limiting storage connectivity options to simplify infrastructure network design
C. Designing the largest storage configuration to maximize available capacity
Answer: A
Question #7 (Topic: Exam A)
A customer wants a PowerStore design to support a 300 TB Oracle environment that has a mix of small-block random and large-block sequential I/O workloads. They expect 30% growth annually over the next three years.
How much capacity should be sized for this?
How much capacity should be sized for this?
A. 330.0 TB
B. 507.7 TB
C. 659.1 TB
D. 390.0 TB
Answer: C
Question #8 (Topic: Exam A)
A company stores large unstructured files on a PowerStore file system.
Which method would the company use to back up to a remote appliance?
Which method would the company use to back up to a remote appliance?
A. VSS
B. NDMP
C. NFS
D. SMB
Answer: B
Question #9 (Topic: Exam A)
A customer wants to design a solution that supports the following workloads:
VMware datastores for 80 Windows and Linux VMs
A home directory share for 1,500 users (SMB)
A Linux engineering share accessed over NFS
Requirement to simplify management while keeping clear separation between file workloads for security and administration
A preference to reuse existing 16 Gb FC for their VMware clusters
Which design is the simplest to manage, the lowest in cost, and satisfies all of their requirements?
VMware datastores for 80 Windows and Linux VMs
A home directory share for 1,500 users (SMB)
A Linux engineering share accessed over NFS
Requirement to simplify management while keeping clear separation between file workloads for security and administration
A preference to reuse existing 16 Gb FC for their VMware clusters
Which design is the simplest to manage, the lowest in cost, and satisfies all of their requirements?
A. Create a configuration that utilizes block volumes only; SMB/NFS shares can be created directly from the ESXi and Linux hosts.
B. Create a configuration that utilizes NFS and SMB only; SMB for home directories, and NFS for the datastores.
C. Create a configuration that separates the SMB, NFS, and block workloads, thereby utilizing PowerStore's unified capabilities.
D. Create a configuration that utilizes PowerStore for the block workload and PowerScale for the file workload.
Answer: C
Question #10 (Topic: Exam A)
A customer has standardized on a separate NAS platform for all file services and will continue to host all file workloads there. The planned PowerStore deployment will support VMware, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle workloads.
Which appliance configuration best aligns with this design?
Which appliance configuration best aligns with this design?
A. Configure the appliance for unified storage but disable all block services.
B. Configure the appliance for block-optimized mode and use it only for block resources.
C. Configure the appliance for file-only services and present datastores over NFS.
D. Configure the appliance for unified (block and file) storage to keep all options available.
Answer: B
