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E20-880 · Question #179

A customer is in the design phase of their SQL server implementation. They request your guidance concerning the number of disk drives needed to properly configure the database for performance. The…

The correct answer is B. 10. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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A customer is in the design phase of their SQL server implementation. They request your guidance concerning the number of disk drives needed to properly configure the database for performance. The current utilization of the database is shown below:

  • 85% reads and 15% writes
  • 10K SAS disks
  • RAID 1/0
  • 1150 IOPS

What is the minimum number of disk spindles required to service the random I/O requests during usage of the SQL Server database?

Options

  • A8
  • B10
  • C12
  • D14

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