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SK0-003 · Question #317

An administrator notes that after a recent power outage, some open files were corrupted on one affected file server. Which of the following items should the administrator consider to determine the cau

The correct answer is B. The servers RAID controller battery. File corruption after a power outage strongly suggests an issue with data persistence mechanisms during unexpected power loss.

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Question

An administrator notes that after a recent power outage, some open files were corrupted on one affected file server. Which of the following items should the administrator consider to determine the cause of this corruption?

Options

  • AThe servers memory
  • BThe servers RAID controller battery
  • CThe servers processor
  • DThe servers NIC teaming configuration

How the community answered

(23 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    78% (18)
  • C
    13% (3)
  • D
    4% (1)

Why each option

File corruption after a power outage strongly suggests an issue with data persistence mechanisms during unexpected power loss.

AThe servers memory

Server memory (RAM) is volatile and its contents are lost upon power outage, but it doesn't cause corruption of files stored on disk; corruption would arise from data that was supposed to be written to disk but wasn't.

BThe servers RAID controller batteryCorrect

A faulty or depleted RAID controller battery prevents the write cache from flushing data to disks during a power outage, leading to loss of data in transit and potential corruption of open files that were not yet committed to stable storage.

CThe servers processor

A server's processor issues typically manifest as performance problems or system crashes, not specific file corruption directly attributable to a power outage on disk subsystems.

DThe servers NIC teaming configuration

NIC teaming configuration relates to network redundancy and bandwidth, and has no direct impact on data integrity or persistence during a power loss event.

Concept tested: RAID controller battery backup unit function

Topics

#RAID controller battery#Data corruption#Power outage#Write cache

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