Practice Free D-PSC-DS-01 Exam Online Questions
Which tool is best for benchmarking PowerScale performance under synthetic I/O workloads?
- A . Live Optics
- B . Iozone
- C . HealthCheck
- D . isi statistics
Which information is essential when consolidating multiple file servers onto a PowerScale cluster?
- A . User home directory path mapping and existing quota policies
- B . IP routing table from upstream core switches
- C . Backup job schedules from external tape libraries
- D . DNS delegation records for SmartConnect
A new PowerScale cluster servicing SMB and NFS data must use dynamic link aggregation to maximize throughput and resiliency.
Which physical network configuration is recommended?
- A . FEC
- B . Round robin
- C . Active/passive failover
- D . LACP
Which balancing option is provided by SmartConnect Basic?
- A . Round-Robin
- B . Throughput
- C . CPU usage
- D . Connection count
You are designing a cluster for workloads that have a low latency, heavy, random access pattern.
Which node type is designed for this type of workload?
- A . H5600
- B . A2000
- C . F800
- D . A200
Which factor most influences protection overhead when designing a PowerScale solution for small-file workloads?
- A . The type of access protocol used (NFS vs SMB)
- B . The number of access zones configured
- C . File size distribution and metadata overhead
- D . The SmartConnect advanced license mode
A company needs to have their data asynchronously replicated. They also need to maintain a daily copy of the data for a week at the target side to enable fast recovery of files. They decide to purchase two Isilon clusters. They do not want to spend money unnecessarily.
Which licenses must they acquire?
- A . SyncIQ license at source and target clusters. SnapshotIQ license at source and target clusters.
- B . SyncIQ license at source cluster only. SnapshotIQ license at source cluster only.
- C . SyncIQ license at target cluster only. SnapshotIQ license at target cluster only.
- D . SyncIQ license at source and target clusters. SnapshotIQ license at target cluster only.
You are asked to size a cluster for a file sharing environment. nfsstat indicates that 75% of the requests are namespace operations (e.g., GETADDR, SETADDR). There will be 8,000 active Linux users, connecting over NFS.
Which cluster configuration would you recommend?
- A . Five X400 (66 TB) 48 GB RAM, 1.2 TB SSD, N+2:1
- B . Eight X200 (27 TB) 12 GB RAM, 600 GB SSD, N+2
- C . Eight X200 (27 TB) 48 GB RAM, 600 GB SSD, N+2:1
- D . Eight X200 (36 TB) 48 GB RAM, no SSD, N+2:1
Which data access patterns best match H500 home directory and A200 archive workloads?
- A . Streaming for both node types
- B . Concurrency for H500, Streaming for A200
- C . Random for both node types
- D . Streaming for H500, Random for A200
What replication option is NOT supported by SyncIQ?
- A . Within the same local cluster
- B . Across WAN to single remote cluster
- C . Across LAN to secondary local cluster
- D . Across InfiniBand to secondary local cluster