HP0-J73 · Question #19
Which description is true of Federated Storage?
The correct answer is C. interoperation of storage systems in a heterogeneous multi-vendor environment. Federated Storage describes the interoperation of storage systems from multiple vendors in a heterogeneous environment, enabling unified resource sharing across disparate platforms.
Question
Which description is true of Federated Storage?
Options
- Aspontaneous migration of heavily utilized blocks of data
- Bnon-disruptive data movement between storage systems in a peer-to-peer relationship
- Cinteroperation of storage systems in a heterogeneous multi-vendor environment
- Ddynamic storage system expansion with no downtime
How the community answered
(20 responses)- B5% (1)
- C90% (18)
- D5% (1)
Why each option
Federated Storage describes the interoperation of storage systems from multiple vendors in a heterogeneous environment, enabling unified resource sharing across disparate platforms.
Spontaneous migration of heavily utilized data blocks describes Automated Storage Tiering (AST), not federation.
Non-disruptive peer-to-peer data movement describes storage virtualization or Peer Motion capabilities, which is a distinct feature from federation.
In HP and industry terminology, Federated Storage specifically refers to the ability of storage arrays from different vendors to interoperate and share resources in a heterogeneous multi-vendor environment. This federation allows organizations to pool and manage storage capacity across unlike systems without requiring a homogeneous infrastructure.
Dynamic expansion with no downtime describes scale-out architecture or online capacity addition, not the cross-vendor interoperability that defines federation.
Concept tested: Federated Storage definition in heterogeneous environments
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