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E20-545 · Question #133
A customer is running out of space and wants to order more drives to add to their existing single Pool environment. The current pool is a mix of 10k SAS and 7.2k NL-SAS drives. The customer plans to…
The correct answer is A. FAST VP cannot make a distinction between SAS drive speeds. It is not recommended to mix them. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
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A customer is running out of space and wants to order more drives to add to their existing single Pool environment. The current pool is a mix of 10k SAS and 7.2k NL-SAS drives. The customer plans to purchase 15k SAS drives but seeks your advice. What should be your response?
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- AFAST VP cannot make a distinction between SAS drive speeds. It is not recommended to mix them.
- BFAST VP can make a distinction between SAS drive speeds. It is recommended to mix them.
- CMixing SAS drive speeds in the same pool is recommended if Fast Cache is enabled on the pool.
- DSince they are expanding the Pool, drive speed does not matter.
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- D16% (6)
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