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SK0-003 · Question #498

Which of the following are storage technologies that can be hot swappable? (Select TWO).

The correct answer is A. SCSI B. SAS. The question asks to identify two storage technologies that support hot-swapping, allowing drives to be added or removed while the system is running.

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Question

Which of the following are storage technologies that can be hot swappable? (Select TWO).

Options

  • ASCSI
  • BSAS
  • CATA
  • DIDE
  • ECMOS

How the community answered

(40 responses)
  • A
    90% (36)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    5% (2)
  • E
    3% (1)

Why each option

The question asks to identify two storage technologies that support hot-swapping, allowing drives to be added or removed while the system is running.

ASCSICorrect

SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) has historically supported hot-swapping, especially in server environments, enabling drives to be replaced without system downtime.

BSASCorrect

SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) is a modern serial interface based on SCSI that is designed with hot-swapping capabilities as a core feature, widely used in enterprise storage for its flexibility and reliability.

CATA

ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment), also known as PATA, is an older interface that generally does not support hot-swapping reliably or safely without specific, non-standard controller and driver implementations.

DIDE

IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) is synonymous with ATA and shares the same limitations; it typically requires the system to be powered off to safely add or remove drives.

ECMOS

CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) refers to a type of semiconductor technology used in microprocessors and non-volatile memory for BIOS settings, not a storage technology for data drives.

Concept tested: Hot-swappable storage interfaces

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/storage/about-sata-and-sas-hot-swap

Topics

#hot swappable#storage interfaces#SCSI#SAS

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