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EMC E20-526 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Topic 1: Installation and Configuration | - Host connectivity
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| Topic 2: Solution Design and Best Practices | - XtremIO solution design principles
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| Topic 3: Data Protection and Availability | - Snapshots and clones
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| Topic 4: XtremIO Architecture Overview | - Storage media and data flow
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| Topic 5: Storage Provisioning and Management | - Performance optimization
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| Topic 6: Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance | - System monitoring
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The EMC Specialist - Technology Architect, XtremIO Solutions and Design syllabus spans 6 knowledge areas. The heaviest are Solution Design and Best Practices, Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance, Data Protection and Availability. Match your study time to those weights — the full outline is listed in the section above.
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EMC Specialist - Technology Architect, XtremIO Solutions and Design Sample Questions:
Which level of granularity does XtremIO deduplication run?
- A. Fixed 8 kB
- B. Variable 8 kB
- C. Variable 32 kB
- D. Fixed 32 kB
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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You have been asked to design an XtremIO storage array solution that will be used for two large applications workloads. One overload will generate approximately 150,000 write IOPs with an average 4 kB I/O size. The second write workload will have an average I/O size of
128 kB and will generate approximately 2 GB/s of throughput.
At a minimum, how many X-Bricks are needed in a single cluster to meet this requirement?
- A. 2
- B. 8
- C. 6
- D. 4
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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You are designing an XtremIO solution for a potential customer. If the server and storage information is available, which information should be documented regarding the customer's capacity expectations?
- A. Capacity requirements on a per data center basisExpandability/scalabilityPerformance requirements determined on a server-to-server basis
- B. Capacity requirements on a per data center basisExpandability/scalabilityPerformance requirements determined holistically
- C. Capacity requirements on a per volume basisCompression rates/scalabilityPerformance requirements determined on a server-to-server basis
- D. Capacity requirements on a per volume basisExpandability/scalabilityPerformance requirements determined on a server-to-server basis
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
A storage administrator is configuring SAN switches and zoning to connect an eight X-Brick
XtremIO array. A VMware ESXi server is hosted on a blade chassis with 16 HBA ports. In addition, the SAN is composed of two separate SAN switches.
What is the recommended XtremIO best practice for zoning?
- A. Connect a single storage controller to the first switchConnect a second storage controller to the second switchSingle initiator/multiple targets per zoneMaximum of 6 paths for each LUN per zone
- B. Connect all N1 storage controllers to the first switchConnect N2 storage controllers to the second switchMultipath all host ports to single LUNs per zoneMaximum of 4 paths for each LUN per zone
- C. Two HBA connections per host connected to a single switchMultiple initiators/multiple targets per zoneMaximum of 4 paths for each LUN per zone
- D. Multiple HBA connections per hostSingle initiator/single target per zoneMaximum of 2 paths to each X-Brick for each initiatorEach host connected to each SAN switch
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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A customer has two XtremIO clusters running 3.x software release. The customer just purchased a new XtremIO array that will be installed with the latest 4.x software release.
What is the minimum number of XtremIO Management Server(s) that will be required to manage all clusters?
- A. 2
- B. 1
- C. 3
- D. 4
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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