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E10-001 · Question #67

An application requires 1.46 TB of capacity. The application generates 7200 IOPS to disks during peak workloads. The vendor indicates that a 146 GB, 15K rpm drive is capable of performing a maximum…

The correct answer is B. 40. Storage Design based on Application Requirements and Disk Drive Performance Dc = 1.46TB / 146GB Dp = 7200 iops / 180 iops Disk required = max(Dc,Dp)

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Question

An application requires 1.46 TB of capacity. The application generates 7200 IOPS to disks during peak workloads. The vendor indicates that a 146 GB, 15K rpm drive is capable of performing a maximum of 180 IOPS at 70% utilization. How many disks are required to meet both the application's capacity and performance requirements?

Options

  • A10
  • B40
  • C50
  • D72

How the community answered

(56 responses)
  • A
    7% (4)
  • B
    75% (42)
  • C
    14% (8)
  • D
    4% (2)

Explanation

Storage Design based on Application Requirements and Disk Drive Performance Dc = 1.46TB / 146GB Dp = 7200 iops / 180 iops Disk required = max(Dc,Dp)

Topics

#IOPS calculation#storage sizing#disk capacity planning#performance requirements

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