What are two properties of the VMware file system which are supported by PowerStore? (Choose two.)

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• ASupports VAAI primitives
• BAvailable with NFS datastores
• CSupports quotas
• DAvailable with VMFS datastores

• A
  90% (43)
• C
  6% (3)
• D
  4% (2)

Explanation

VMware VAAI (vStorage APIs for Array Integration) primitives allow ESXi hosts to offload specific storage operations to the array, and PowerStore fully supports VAAI - making A correct. PowerStore also exposes file-system shares via NFS, so virtual machines can use NFS datastores to access those file systems - making B correct.

C (quotas) is a distractor because quota support is a feature of NFS/SMB file shares at the file-system level, not a distinguishing property of the VMware-specific file system integration with PowerStore. D (VMFS datastores) is wrong because VMFS is a block-based datastore (iSCSI/FC), not a file-system protocol - PowerStore's file system is accessed via NFS, not VMFS.

Memory tip: Think "NFS = File System = VAAI for NAS." PowerStore's file system speaks NFS (not VMFS, which is block), and VAAI support is a key selling point for array-integrated storage - so A and B naturally go together.

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