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NCP-MCI-5.20 · Question #46

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

The correct answer is D. Increase the number of cores per vCPU. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

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

  • FOU 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

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

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  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    11% (3)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    81% (22)

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