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D-MSS-DS-23 · Question #54

What is achieved by adding a top tier of SSDs when designing a Dell Unity XT hybrid solution with FAST VP and FAST Cache?

The correct answer is D. Helps keep paged metadata on FLASH media. FAST VP (Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Virtual Pools) and FAST Cache (Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Cache) are features that allow you to optimize the performance of your storage by automatically moving data between different storage tiers based on usage patterns…

Storage Design Principles and Best Practices

Question

What is achieved by adding a top tier of SSDs when designing a Dell Unity XT hybrid solution with FAST VP and FAST Cache?

Options

  • AIsolates file top-talkers I/O from block data I/O
  • BImproves compression space efficiencies
  • CProvides an additional data redundancy layer
  • DHelps keep paged metadata on FLASH media

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    17% (8)
  • C
    9% (4)
  • D
    70% (33)

Explanation

FAST VP (Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Virtual Pools) and FAST Cache (Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Cache) are features that allow you to optimize the performance of your storage by automatically moving data between different storage tiers based on usage patterns. The SSD tier is used to store frequently accessed metadata, such as file system structures, directories, and inode tables, which are accessed frequently and are small enough to fit in the SSD cache. Keeping paged metadata on flash media improves the overall system performance, as it allows for faster access to the metadata, reducing the latency and the number of I/O operations needed to access it.

Topics

#Unity XT hybrid#FAST VP#FAST Cache#SSD tiering

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