E20-526 Exam Questions

A new 500 GB VM disk is created on a database that resides on an XtremIO LUN. The VMware administrator plans to provision the disk using the thick provisioned eager zeroed format....

A customer wants to purchase an XtremIO array. After the array is installed, the customer wants to initially disable encryption. What is the result of enabling encryption on an arr...

An XtremIO administrator is having a problem with performance and is troubleshooting the issue. What is an accurate statement about I/O transfers?

Which operation is performed when an XtremIO Snapshot is created?

A storage administrator wants to add a volume to their XtremIO storage array using the RESTful API. Which RESTful method should be used to complete this task?

Refer to the exhibit. A customer has a VMware Horizon View environment with the following characteristics: One X-Brick XtremIO cluster 100% read during a boot storm 8K read/writes...

You have worked with a customer to successfully evaluate their existing server environment using the MiTrend data analysis tool. You have collected the resulting reports and aggreg...

A customer has a VMware vSphere environment running Native Multipathing (NMP). Which path selection policy should be set for optimal performance when connected to an XtremIO cluste...

A customer is interested in transitioning their traditional infrastructure to the Cloud by implementing ViPR software-defined storage in an XtremIO environment. Which capabilities...

Based on XtremIO best practice, which byte sector size should be used for volumes hosting Oracle database files?

How many management IP addresses are required on a single XtremIO storage controller?

At which point is data compressed when a host sends data to the XtremIO storage system?

A customer has the following requirements for their VDI deployment: Greater than 1000 desktops with the ability to grow 10% for the next 3 years Low latency boot volumes General pu...

You need to design a VDI solution for a customer. Which best practices should be used for VDI environments?

A customer has a requirement to replicate their VDI to a newly purchased data center located 5 miles away. They require 10-day retention at each site and a continuous replication R...

Which SCSI instructions are used to build a bitmap of the changes between the first snapshot and subsequent snapshots when RecoverPoint is used with XtremIO?

A customer has a workload with the following attributes: Generates 250,000 IOPs 100 TB in logical capacity Read/Write ratio of 1:1 Random workload with 8 kB I/O size Deduplication...

When using a 10 TB single X-Brick, what is the minimum amount of data that should be written during the Fill phase of the PoC Toolkit?

A customer is considering a six brick dispersed cluster using 3?0U racks. The customer wants advice on racking the InfiniBand switches. Rack 1 (left) contains X-Bricks 1 and 2 Rack...

An administrator receives an error on an XtremIO array while performing snapshot refreshes to a production volume. What is a potential cause for this issue?

What is considered typical performance for an XtremIO single X-Brick cluster?

A storage administrator is adding both an XtremIO and third-party storage arrays to their existing infrastructure. The administrator is using ViPR SRM to monitor the environment. W...

Which actions are initiated when a snapshot is created on an XtremIO array?

What is a characteristic of the XtremIO Snapshot feature?

A customer currently uses XtremIO native remote replication with four RPAs and a 1 GB WAN link to asynchronously protect all production data. Management has decided that all data s...

Which part of the XtremIO architecture do host ports use to access an XtremIO volume?

What is a method to establish an XMCLI session?

A customer is considering XtremIO storage for their current Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployment. The customer wants information on the benefits of an XtremIO solution....

A physical XtremIO Management Server (XMS) has failed and requires replacement. Which two software packages are required for recovery?

You need to design an Oracle solution for a customer. Which XtremIO best practices should be used in Oracle environments?

You have conducted a meeting with a company's Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The CTO wants an XtremIO solution to meet their business needs. The CTO wants you to review the propos...

Where is the XtremIO VSS hardware provider package installed?

A Linux administrator is attaching a new RHEL server to their XtremIO storage array. Which configuration setting should be changed?

What are common storage array mechanisms?

A storage administrator wants to re-use some of their XtremIO thin provisioned disks attached to a Microsoft Windows 2012 host. However, the administrator notices that "Quick Forma...

A customer wants to use the Cinder driver to manage XtremIO storage in an OpenStack environment. What is a potential concern?

When creating XtremIO volumes for a host, which operating systems will benefit by changing the default logical block size for applications consisting of 4 KB I/Os?

A company is running large databases demanding many copies of production databases on- demand with massive consolidation of dev/test application workloads. They are looking for a s...

You have been asked to design an XtremIO storage array solution that will be used for two large applications workloads. One overload will generate approximately 150,000 write IOPs...

How can REST API commands be run to manage and monitor an XtremIO cluster?

How should a storage administrator navigate to different XtremIO clusters from the XMS GUI if the administrator has more than one cluster managed by the same XMS?

A customer has a large ESX server environment they are considering deploying to XtremIO for a VDI implementation. To determine a baseline of the environment, you are proceeding wit...

A customer has recently purchased an XtremIO 10 TB single X-Brick cluster for an implementation of Oracle RAC. The customer wants your help with integrating Oracle with their new X...

Which multipathing software is supported by XtremIO?

Based on best practice, what is the maximum number of paths a host should have to an XtremIO volume?

When using the XtremIO PoC Toolkit, what is the purpose of the Age phase?

A user attempts to create a quorum disk for a host cluster. Volume parameters are: Size = 1000 kB Name 1MB_Vol However, the volume creation fails. What caused the process to fail?

A customer has a group of applications that need storage which can provide low response times. The total I/O requirements are 75,000 IOPs with a 4 kB block size. They will have 500...

When installing a physical XtremIO Management Server (XMS) station, which requirement must be met?

A customer has decided to use VMware Horizon View as their desktop virtualization technology. Their VDI environment will consist of XtremIO storage and ESXi hosts. They are looking...