2V0-622 · 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 be
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 require exactly one flash device as the cache tier and between one and seven HDDs as the capacity tier per group.
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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
(25 responses)- A56% (14)
- C12% (3)
- D32% (8)
Why each option
VMware Virtual SAN disk groups require exactly one flash device as the cache tier and between one and seven HDDs as the capacity tier per group.
A single disk group with one flash drive and three HDDs is a valid VSAN configuration - the flash device serves as the read/write cache tier and the three HDDs serve as the capacity tier, satisfying the minimum requirements.
Two disk groups each containing one flash drive and two HDDs is also valid; VSAN supports up to five disk groups per host and each group independently satisfies the one-flash-plus-HDD requirement, allowing greater parallelism and failure isolation.
A single disk group with one flash drive and four HDDs would be valid in isolation, but the exhibit likely shows only four HDDs total available on vmhba1, making this combination impossible alongside other valid groupings without exceeding available devices.
VSAN disk groups are limited to exactly one flash device per group for the cache tier; two flash drives in a single disk group is not a supported configuration.
Concept tested: VMware VSAN Manual Mode disk group configuration rules
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vsan-planning.doc/GUID-18F531E4-D1C0-4B5E-8B47-A19B073A9676.html
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