What terminology is used to describe grouping several physical drives into one logical drive?

A. Concatenation

B. Partitioning

C. Formatting

D. Grouping

What is an example of a PCI connection?

A. Parallel interface between a disk and the controller card

B. Interconnection between a CPU and network card

C. Serial connection between a disk and the controller card

D. Interconnection between a tape drive and a computer

A customer has a hybrid infrastructure composed of several UNIX and Windows servers. They are looking for a storage system that all servers can share, but will keep hardware changes to a minimum.

What is your recommendation?

A. NAS

B. SAN

C. DAS

D. CAS

In host-based replication, during the creation of a snapshot, what is the purpose of the metadata bitmap?

A. To track blocks that have changed on the production source

B. To indicate the exact address from which data is to be read

C. To map a specific array device to a snapshot

D. To locate and map the empty data blocks on a target device

When using array-based local replication, what component performs the replication?

A. Storage system

B. SAN switch

C. Host system

D. Network switch

In a backup environment, a host performs backups at the raw device level. What process would you recommend to restore a single file?

A. Restore the entire raw device

B. Restore a single file directly from the backup

C. Restore the directory containing the file

D. Partially restore the raw backup that contains the file

What is an advantage of performing a hot database backup over a cold backup?

A. The database is accessible to users.

B. Backups are faster.

C. There is no impact on the database.

D. Network bandwidth use is reduced.

A customer has an existing NAS implementation that is backed up in a local two-way configuration. The customer is concerned that the attached tape drive is stopping and starting frequently during the backup. However, they see benefit in the local two-way configuration and want to keep it.

Which solution would you recommend to address their concern?

A. VBB

B. DDS

C. DAR

D. NDMP2D

Which deduplication level is most effective for block-aligned data?

A. Variable length

B. File level

C. Fixed length

D. Block level

How is client backup data viewed in cloud storage for backup and recovery?

A. Object

B. File

C. Block

D. Page