Configuring and Managing Data Storage
Sonia is configuring a RAID level 5 array with five disks. Each disk has the capacity to store 3 TB of data. What is the total storage size that Sonia can use to store data?
A. 3 TB B. 8 TB C. 12 TB D. 15 TB
Which of the following is a requirement for using Storage Spaces Direct?
A. A 10GB Ethernet network interface with remote-direct memory access (RDMA) support is a must. B. More than 20 servers must be available C. The number of SSDs used should not be more than one. D. The servers should be from different Active Directory domains.
Which of the following RAID level configurations is not supported by Windows Server 2019?
A. RAID level 0 B. RAID level 1 C. RAID level 2 D. RAID level 5
Pablo is a system administrator in training. He is trying to manually defragment the F: volume in Becky's system. Help Pablo identify the correct method to perform manual defragmentation.
A. Right-click the volume, click properties, highlight the tools tab, and click the optimize button. B. Right-click the volume, click properties, highlight the tools tab, and click the check button. C. Write the "Repair-Volume-DriveLetter F -Scan" command in Windows PowerShell D. Write the "Optimize-Volume-DriveLetter" command in Windows PowerShell.
Which of the following statement is true of SAN devices?
A. SAN devices are the same as network-attached storage. B. SAN devices use SAN protocols to manage and format filesystems. C. SAN devices use hardware RAID externally to provide fault tolerance for the storage device that they contain. D. SAN devices are functionally like an external USB drive.
Tara, an administrator, had added storage devices to the storage pool and selected the RAID level for the virtual disk using Server Manager. She wishes to allocate more space than is required for the current amount of data such that the system only uses the actual space it needs, enabling the actual size to grow with data. What would you do to achieve Tar's wish?
A. Create several thin-provisioned virtual disks. B. Create several thick-provisioned virtual disks C. Create several fixed-provisioned virtual disks of combined capacity smaller than the storage pool D. Create several virtual disks of combined capacity smaller than the storage pool
Rishab is looking for ways to manage duplicate file content on his organization's shared drive. He enables data duplication for this purpose. To save computing resources, he wants to change the settings that data deduplication occurs in the evening. What must Rishab do to make this change?
A. Enter the file extensions to be excluded B. Click the Add button under Deduplication settings C. Click Set Deduplication Schedule D. Select the Apply button under Deduplication Settings
Identify the option that can be used to create storage devices from different servers on a network.
A. Storage Spaces Direct B. A combination of hard disks and SSDs C. A thin-provisioning virtual disk D. The primordia storage pool
Shaw, a server administrator, uses an iSCSI SAN protocol to transfer data to and from SAN devices at a speed of up to 40 Gb/s. He configures one of the SAN devices to provide storage to Jasper's Windows Server 2019 system. What should Jasper configure in his system to be able to connect to the storage?
A. The iSCSI target B. The iSCSI initiator C. HBA D. MPIO
Which of the following is a term given to the software component in the operating system that connects to the SAN device via iSCSI?
A. iSCSI target B. iSCSI initiator C. HBA D.. MPIO
