DES-1D12 Sample Questions Answers

A thin clone is a writeable copy of a volume, which shares the same data blocks as the parent volume. This allows the administrator to provide a copy of the production database volume to the test environment without affecting the production data. It also allows to test the data without affecting the production data, and also it doesn't require additional storage space.

Considerations for capacity growth

− (click) Overall growth vs active data growth

− (click) Moving or expanding “hot blocks” of active data

− Longer term planning for growth

FAST Cache is an intelligent caching technology that optimizes data access for OLTP workloads by tracking and promoting data at the granularity of 8KB blocks. It uses a combination of flash memory and DRAM to store frequently accessed data, allowing the system to quickly access the most frequently used data, reducing latency and improving overall performance.

https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/sc-series-performance-availability-best-practices-dell-emc-4024-bp-sc_en-us.pdf

(1.9 Sizing an SC Series array for performance requirements - pag.9)

When sizing a Dell Unity XT 480F using the System Design method, you can select one of four workload types and Drive count and RAID level. This workload type selection will take into account the specific IOPS and capacity requirements of the environment. The drive count and RAID level will determine the overall capacity and level of data protection required.

Throughput = Sized by type and number of ports to handle traffic

Latency = Time taken for an IO to be executed

IOPS = Amount IO generated by application

Queue depth = IOS in buffer waiting to be executed

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/powerstore-5000/pwrstr-protect-data/protection-policies?guid=guid-c8ba3ba4-6374-4285-9727-900343f64ee2 &lang=en-us#:~:text=Each%20protection%20policy%20can%20only,up%20to%20four%20snapshot%20rules.

"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."

FAST VP (Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Virtual Pools) and FAST Cache (Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Cache) are features that allow you to optimize the performance of your storage by automatically moving data between different storage tiers based on usage patterns. The SSD tier is used to store frequently accessed metadata, such as file system structures, directories, and inode tables, which are accessed frequently and are small enough to fit in the SSD cache. Keeping paged metadata on flash media improves the overall system performance, as it allows for faster access to the metadata, reducing the latency and the number of I/O operations needed to access it.

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/unity-600f/unity_p_multiprotocol_infomod/security-on-file-system-objects?guid=guid-0d5c65ec-07a1-46f1-8936-a02f4c86b126 &lang=en-us

Access-based enumeration is the attribute that must be used at the share level to restrict the share content visibility of a Dell Unity file system based on the access rights. Access-based Enumeration (ABE) is a feature that allows you to hide files and folders from users who do not have the necessary permissions to access them. When ABE is enabled, users only see the files and folders that they have permission to access. This helps to prevent users from accidentally accessing data that they should not have access to, and it helps to maintain the security and integrity of the data on the file system.

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

Dell Unity XT MetroSync replication topology is a multi-site replication solution that allows you to replicate data synchronously between two or more Unity XT systems. In this topology, a source file resource is replicated synchronously from Site A to Site B, and also replicated synchronously from Site A to Site C. This means that data is written to the primary site and immediately replicated to the secondary site, ensuring that both sites have an exact copy of the data at all times. This type of topology is useful in cases where data loss is not acceptable and a zero RPO is needed. This topology ensures that the data is fully protected and that the environment is highly available, as in case of a primary site failure, the secondary site can take over.

The LCC interface sits between the CPU board and the NVMe drives onboard Dell PowerStore components. The LCC interface is responsible for controlling the PCIe links between the CPU board and NVMe drives and allows for communication between the two. It also provides additional features such as error correction and power management for the NVMe drives.