Dell-EMC
E20-818 · Question #108
A customer has installed Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and is about to install Exchange Server 2007. They will be connecting to a Symmetrix V-Max SE array and want to ensure the…
The correct answer is A. Create all partitions using the Windows Disk Management utility. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
A customer has installed Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and is about to install Exchange Server 2007. They will be connecting to a Symmetrix V-Max SE array and want to ensure the partitions they create are properly aligned with the underlying physical disk tracks. What is the recommended EMC and Microsoft best practice?
Options
- ACreate all partitions using the Windows Disk Management utility
- BUse the diskpar utility with the align=128 offset parameter
- CUse the diskpart utility with the align=64 offset parameter
- DPartition alignment is not necessary on the Symmetrix V-Max platform
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(24 responses)- A83% (20)
- B4% (1)
- C4% (1)
- D8% (2)
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