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D-MSS-DS-23 · Question #6

When designing a Metro Volume, what configuration must be implemented to avoid unnecessary storage and compute resource usage?

The correct answer is C. Place witness at a third site. When designing a Metro Volume, placing the witness at a third site is crucial to avoid unnecessary storage and compute resource usage. The witness helps in maintaining quorum and ensuring the consistency of the Metro Volume in case of a site failure. Here's how it works…

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Question

When designing a Metro Volume, what configuration must be implemented to avoid unnecessary storage and compute resource usage?

Options

  • AUse MRU for PSP.
  • BUse DRS affinity rules.
  • CPlace witness at a third site.
  • DUse storage containers.

How the community answered

(34 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    79% (27)
  • D
    12% (4)

Explanation

When designing a Metro Volume, placing the witness at a third site is crucial to avoid unnecessary storage and compute resource usage. The witness helps in maintaining quorum and ensuring the consistency of the Metro Volume in case of a site failure. Here's how it works: Witness at Third Site: Placing the witness at a separate, third site ensures that it can independently verify the status of the primary and secondary sites, maintaining high availability and failover capabilities without consuming significant resources. Avoids Resource Usage: By offloading the witness function to a third site, the primary and secondary sites can focus their resources on storage and compute tasks without the overhead of managing quorum.

Topics

#Metro Volume#witness site#third site#resource optimization

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