CV0-002 · Question #117
A system administrator found that a user repeatedly violates acceptable use policies by consuming more disk space than the user is authorized to consume. Which of the following tools should the…
The correct answer is A. Quotas. Disk quotas are the appropriate tool to enforce acceptable use policies by limiting the amount of disk space a user or group can consume on a file system.
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A system administrator found that a user repeatedly violates acceptable use policies by consuming more disk space than the user is authorized to consume. Which of the following tools should the administrator use to enforce the acceptable use policy?
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- AQuotas
- BResource pools
- CLUN masking
- DReservations
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(22 responses)- A91% (20)
- B5% (1)
- D5% (1)
Why each option
Disk quotas are the appropriate tool to enforce acceptable use policies by limiting the amount of disk space a user or group can consume on a file system.
Disk quotas are a file system feature that allows administrators to set limits on the amount of disk space that users or groups can consume. By configuring a hard quota, the system will prevent the user from writing any more data once their allocated disk space limit is reached, thereby enforcing the acceptable use policy.
Resource pools are used in virtualization environments to manage and allocate CPU and memory resources to groups of virtual machines, not to limit user disk space.
LUN masking is a storage area network (SAN) security feature that restricts which servers can access specific LUNs (Logical Unit Numbers), and it does not limit individual user disk space usage.
Reservations, typically used in virtualization or resource management, guarantee a minimum amount of resources (like CPU or memory) for a VM or application, rather than limiting disk space consumption.
Concept tested: File system management, disk space allocation control
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/fsrm/fsrm-overview
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