SG0-001 Online Practice Questions and Answers

A database administrator has declared that a database for the Finance department can never age-off its data, even though old data may only be accessed for billing disputes in the future. The storage administrator does not need to use high performance disk to store this old data and chooses to place the database into a multi-tiered group of disks. The array can then move rarely accessed data between tiers as needed. This is called which of the following?

A. VTL

B. LVM

C. HSM

D. CAS

Which of the following describes a scenario in which less frequently accessed data is reported for potential data migrations?

A. Disk defragmentation

B. Partition alignment

C. Storage tiering

D. Wide striping

Which of the following tools would BEST be used to troubleshoot storage latency issues on a Windows server?

A. ping

B. sysmon

C. ipconfig

D. perfmon

A customer requests that a new SAN enclosure be installed on the top slots of an unused rack. Which of the following is a reason why a technician might deny this request?

A. Improper airflow from the HVAC is caused by this installation enclosure.

B. The rack's stability is threatened by the installation enclosure.

C. Raised floor power comes from below in this installation.

D. Cable management will be difficult in this setup.

An administrator has 4 SAS drives that the manufacturer lists at 140 IOPS. How many IOPS combined would these drives have in a single RAID 0+1?

A. 140 Read or 140 Write IOPS

B. 280 Read or 140 Write IOPS

C. 560 Read or 280 Write IOPS

D. 560 Read or 560 Write IOPS

An administrator is responsible for setting up monitoring of multi-vendor SANs. Which protocol will allow for secure, threshold-based trap alerting?

A. SMS

B. SNMPv3

C. SMI-S

D. SMTP

Which of the following is an advantage of moving from a small RAID 5 set to a large RAID 5 set?

A. Increased security

B. Increased reliability

C. Increased rebuild time

D. Increased performance

In an FCIP environment where data replication is occurring between two FC SANs communication errors are becoming persistent, and occasionally the link drops. Which of the following would a technician use to monitor and determine when link drops occur?

A. ping

B. tracert

C. nslookup

D. fcping

A new storage array is being cabled into a rack. The array has dual controllers, each disk tray has dual power supplies, and there are two in-rack PDUs (C and D). Which of the following is the BEST method for hooking up power?

A. Connect controller A's PSUs to PDU C, controller B's PSUs to D, alternate drive trays between PDUs C and D.

B. Connect all drive tray PSUs to C and all controller PDUs to D.

C. Connect both controller's PSUs to C and all drive tray PSUs to D.

D. Split all PSU connections between C and D equally.

A small business would like to install their new storage equipment in a closet off of their pool deck. Which of the following environmental concerns should a technician consider FIRST?

A. Fire suppression

B. Humidity control

C. Sufficient power

D. Rack loading