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E20-816 · Question #106

A new data warehouse will be hosted on an existing 4-engine VMAX array. The database server has 4 HBAs connected at 8Gb/s. Due to limited SAN switch ports only port 0 on each VMAX FA is…

The correct answer is B. HBA0 -> E0 FA ports HBA1 -> F0 FA ports HBA2 -> G0 FA ports HBA3 -> H0 FA ports. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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A new data warehouse will be hosted on an existing 4-engine VMAX array. The database server has 4 HBAs connected at 8Gb/s. Due to limited SAN switch ports only port 0 on each VMAX FA is connected-also at 8Gb/s. The workload is expected to require at least 1700MB/s of reads @ 128KB I/O size. It must maintain performance in case of any major component failure in the host, switch or array. Assume that the existing workload on the VMAX does not exceed 350MB/s per port. Also assume that the ports can sustain up to 500MB/s without exceeding 70% utilization. What is the best practice HBA to FA mapping to ensure the required performance of the data warehouse?

Options

  • AHBA0 -> Engine 3 FA ports HBA1 -> Engine 4 FA ports HBA2 -> Engine 5 FA ports HBA3 ->
  • BHBA0 -> E0 FA ports HBA1 -> F0 FA ports HBA2 -> G0 FA ports HBA3 -> H0 FA ports
  • CHBA0 -> E1 FA ports HBA1 -> F1 FA ports HBA2 -> G1 FA ports HBA3 -> H1 FA ports
  • DHBA0 -> FA 7e0, 8e0, 9e0, 10e0 HBA1-> FA 5e0, 6e0, 11e0, 12e0 HBA0 -> FA 7h0, 8h0, 9h0,

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