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D-PSC-DS-23 · Question #242

A customer is looking for a NAS solution to support their read-intensive application. This solution must meet the following requirements: - 1000 users - Aggregate bandwidth of 5 GB/s - 500 TB of…

The correct answer is C. Eight X400 (96 TB) nodes with 1.6 TB SSD. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

A customer is looking for a NAS solution to support their read-intensive application. This solution must meet the following requirements:

  • 1000 users
  • Aggregate bandwidth of 5 GB/s
  • 500 TB of user data
  • Typical latency of 5 ms.

The files are distributed evenly across 10 directories. Which cluster configuration would best meet these requirements?

Options

  • ASeven X400 (108 TB) nodes with no SSD
  • BEight NL400 (96 TB) nodes with 1.6 TB SSD
  • CEight X400 (96 TB) nodes with 1.6 TB SSD
  • DTwenty-five X200 (30 TB) nodes with 800 GB SSD

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  • D
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