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NCM-MCI-5.20 · Question #134

An administrator has a custom backup application that requires a 2TB disk and runs in Windows. Throughput is considerably lower than expected. The application was installed on a VM with the…

The correct answer is C. Span the 2TB disk across four vDisks. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

An administrator has a custom backup application that requires a 2TB disk and runs in Windows. Throughput is considerably lower than expected. The application was installed on a VM with the following configuration:

  • Four vCPUs with one core/vCPU
  • 4GB of Memory
  • One 50GB vDisk for the Windows installation
  • One 2TB vDisk for the application

What is the recommended configuration change to improve throughput?

Options

  • AIncrease the number of cores per vCPU
  • BIncrease the vCPUs assigned to the VM
  • CSpan the 2TB disk across four vDisks
  • DAdd 4GB of memory to the VM

How the community answered

(31 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    81% (25)
  • D
    10% (3)

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