What are two benefits of configuring Advanced Disk Partitioning (ADP) on an AFF or FAS system? (Choose two.)

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• Aincreased deduplication efficiencies
• Boptimized storage capacity
• Creduced RAID parity overhead
• Dincreased disk performance
• Edecreased disk failure rate

• A
  18% (4)
• B
  73% (16)
• D
  5% (1)
• E
  5% (1)

Explanation

Advanced Disk Partitioning (ADP) is a feature that enables ONTAP to partition a disk into multiple logical units and use them for different purposes. ADP has two main benefits for AFF or FAS It optimizes storage capacity by reducing the number of disks required for the root aggregates, which store the system and configuration data. By using ADP, the root aggregate can share the same disk with a data aggregate, which stores the user data. This frees up more disks for data aggregates and increases the usable space for data. It reduces RAID parity overhead by creating smaller RAID groups with partitions instead of whole disks. This reduces the amount of parity data that needs to be written and read, which improves the performance and efficiency of the system.

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