2V0-621 · Question #106
Refer to the Exhibit. The list of devices attached to vmhba1 will be the basis for configuring a VMware Virtual SAN using Manual Mode. Based on the exhibit, which two combinations of devices should…
The correct answer is A. One Disk Group with one Flash Drive and three HDDs B. Two Disk Groups with one Flash Drive and two HDDs each. VMware Virtual SAN disk groups each require exactly one flash cache drive and one to seven HDDs, and both A and B represent valid configurations given the devices available on vmhba1.
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Refer to the Exhibit. The list of devices attached to vmhba1 will be the basis for configuring a VMware Virtual SAN using Manual Mode. Based on the exhibit, which two combinations of devices should be used to create Disk Group(s)? (Choose two.)
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Options
- AOne Disk Group with one Flash Drive and three HDDs
- BTwo Disk Groups with one Flash Drive and two HDDs each
- COne Disk Group with one Flash Drive and four HDDs
- DTwo Disk Groups with two Flash Drives and four HDDs each
How the community answered
(51 responses)- A69% (35)
- C22% (11)
- D10% (5)
Why each option
VMware Virtual SAN disk groups each require exactly one flash cache drive and one to seven HDDs, and both A and B represent valid configurations given the devices available on vmhba1.
A single disk group containing one flash drive as the cache tier and three HDDs as the capacity tier is a fully valid VSAN configuration that uses all available devices from the exhibit within one disk group.
Splitting the available flash and HDD devices into two disk groups - each with one flash drive and two HDDs - is equally valid; VSAN supports up to five disk groups per host, and distributing devices across groups can improve performance and fault isolation.
A single disk group with one flash drive and four HDDs is not achievable from the exhibit because the total HDD count shown does not support this layout without exceeding the available devices.
This option requires two flash drives and four HDDs per disk group, totaling four flash drives and eight HDDs, which far exceeds the number of devices visible on vmhba1 in the exhibit.
Concept tested: Virtual SAN disk group composition and device requirements
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.virtualsan.doc/GUID-8D7D89BB-BF33-4D7C-8E8B-E6B63E6E9F9E.html
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