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DES-1D12 · Question #42

A customer has a Dell EMC SC9000 array with six SC420 enclosures running SCOS 7.3. The enclosure configuration is as follows: - Two enclosures have write-intensive SSDs - Four enclosures have…

The correct answer is B. Dedicated spares are not required. "SCOS 7.3, Distributed Sparing: eliminates the need for dedicated spares by giving customers the option to distribute sparing capacity across all drives in the array."

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Question

A customer has a Dell EMC SC9000 array with six SC420 enclosures running SCOS 7.3. The enclosure configuration is as follows:

  • Two enclosures have write-intensive SSDs
  • Four enclosures have read-intensive SSDs

What is recommended as a general guideline for making spare drive assignments?

Options

  • A2 spare drives per shell
  • BDedicated spares are not required
  • C2 spares per drive type per array
  • D1 spare per drive type per shell

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • A
    12% (3)
  • B
    81% (21)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

"SCOS 7.3, Distributed Sparing: eliminates the need for dedicated spares by giving customers the option to distribute sparing capacity across all drives in the array."

Topics

#SC Series#Distributed Sparing#spare drive policy#SCOS 7.3

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