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D-PSC-DS-23 · Question #222

You are asked to size a cluster for a file sharing environment. nfsstat indicates that 75% of the requests are namespace operations (e.g., GETADDR, SETADDR). There will be 8,000 active Linux users…

The correct answer is C. Eight X200 (27 TB) 48 GB RAM, 600 GB SSD, N+2:1. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

You are asked to size a cluster for a file sharing environment. nfsstat indicates that 75% of the requests are namespace operations (e.g., GETADDR, SETADDR). There will be 8,000 active Linux users, connecting over NFS. Which cluster configuration would you recommend?

Options

  • AFive X400 (66 TB) 48 GB RAM, 1.2 TB SSD, N+2:1
  • BEight X200 (27 TB) 12 GB RAM, 600 GB SSD, N+2
  • CEight X200 (27 TB) 48 GB RAM, 600 GB SSD, N+2:1
  • DEight X200 (36 TB) 48 GB RAM, no SSD, N+2:1

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  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    7% (4)
  • C
    75% (43)
  • D
    14% (8)

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