Which Dell Unity XT storage resource allows the modification of its block size during creation?

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Options

• AvVoI
• BVMFS
• CNFS

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  94% (45)
• C
  4% (2)

Explanation

VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) datastores on Dell Unity XT allow you to configure the block size at creation time-typically choosing between 512-byte or 4K block sizes-which directly impacts performance and compatibility with the virtual machines that will use the datastore.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. vVol (likely a typo for "vVol"): Virtual Volumes use a policy-based, object-level storage model where the array manages individual VM components; there is no traditional block size parameter exposed during creation.
• C. NFS: NFS is a file-level protocol, not block storage. It has no configurable block size setting during datastore creation on Unity XT.

Memory tip: Think "Block size = BMFS"-VMFS is the only block-based VMware storage resource in this list, so it's the only one where selecting a block size even makes sense. If the question mentions "block size," look for the block-level protocol (VMFS), not file-level (NFS) or policy-based (vVol).

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