An architect is responsible for designing a vSphere-based solution for a customer. The customer has the following requirements: - The solution must provide redundancy and load balancing for storage…

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• AConfigure the fixed multi-pathing policy on the ESXi hosts
• BUse four single port storage host bus adapters (HBAs) in each ESXi host
• CUse an active-active array for Fibre Channel storage-based VMFS datastores
• DConfigure a minimum of two paths to every LUN or datastore
• EConfigure a minimum of four paths to every LUN or datastore
• FUse one quad-port storage host bus adapter (HBA) in each ESXi host

• A
  13% (3)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  75% (18)
• F
  8% (2)

Explanation

Use an active-active array for Fibre Channel storage-based VMFS datastores An active-active array provides redundancy and load balancing by allowing multiple paths to be active at the same time, ensuring better performance and fault tolerance. This supports the requirement for redundancy and no single point of failure by ensuring that storage traffic can be distributed across multiple paths to different storage controllers. Configure a minimum of two paths to every LUN or datastore Having multiple paths to every LUN or datastore is essential for ensuring redundancy in the storage path. In case one path fails, the system can continue to function by using the other path, meeting the requirement for tolerance to at least one failure. Configure a minimum of four paths to every LUN or datastore Configuring four paths further increases redundancy, ensuring that the storage system can tolerate multiple path failures while still maintaining access to the LUN or datastore. This improves load balancing and provides greater fault tolerance.

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