At what granularity are blocks deduplicated on a Dell EMC PowerStore array?
Answer : A
Deduplication uses algorithms to analyze, perform pattern detection, and attempts to store only a single instance of data. In general deduplication can work at the block, bit-level, or file level. In PowerStore, deduplication works at the block level at 4 KB granularity.
What is a consequence of using an 800 GB drive and five 400 GB drives in a Dell EMC Unity XT dynamic pool?
Answer : C
The entire capacity of a particular drive size is only available when the drive count within the drive partnership group for the drive in question matches or exceeds the stripe width plus one drive. It is not recommended to mix different size drives of the same type for this reason, unless an adequate number of drives are available to meet or exceed the stripe width plus one drive requirement
h16289-dell_emc_unity-dynamic_pools.pdf - Page 18-19
You are upgrading a Dell EMC Unity array to a Dell EMC PowerStore 1000 T array. The customer asks what they need to do so they can map PowerStore snapshots from the new PowerStore array to a host.
What should be your response?
Answer : D
'Volume and Volume Group Snapshots: Snapshots cannot be mapped to a host. To view the contents of a snapshot, you must first clone the snapshot then map the clone to a host.'
What is a consequence of using a 1.6 TB drive and five 400 GB drives in a Dell EMC Unity XT dynamic pool?
Answer : C
A Dell EMC Unity storage administrator has 10 hosts. One of the hosts experiences occasional, huge IO bursts.
What is a best practice for avoiding performance issues during these burst periods?
Answer : D
Which SAS SSDs are supported by Dell EMC PowerStore?
Answer : D
3.4.4 SAS SSD
What is the maximum capacity of a file system on a Dell Unity XT 380?
Answer : C