SG0-001 · Question #39
An administrator would like to implement a storage appliance that is able to provide access to NFS mounts and CIFS shares. Which of the following solutions would MOST likely provide this type of acces
The correct answer is D. NAS. A Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliance is the most suitable solution for providing access to both NFS mounts and CIFS shares, as it specializes in file-level storage access over a network.
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An administrator would like to implement a storage appliance that is able to provide access to NFS mounts and CIFS shares. Which of the following solutions would MOST likely provide this type of access?
Options
- AvSAN
- BiSCSI target
- CFCoE SAN
- DNAS
How the community answered
(50 responses)- A4% (2)
- B2% (1)
- D94% (47)
Why each option
A Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliance is the most suitable solution for providing access to both NFS mounts and CIFS shares, as it specializes in file-level storage access over a network.
vSAN (VMware vSAN) is a software-defined storage solution that provides block-level storage to virtual machines within a cluster, not direct file shares like NFS or CIFS for external clients.
A Network Attached Storage (NAS) device is a dedicated file storage server designed to enable multiple users and client devices to retrieve data from a centralized disk capacity over a network using file-level protocols. It natively supports Network File System (NFS) for Unix/Linux systems and Common Internet File System (CIFS, also known as SMB) for Windows systems, making it ideal for the described requirement.
Concept tested: Storage protocols and appliance types
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/smb/file-server
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