| Exam Code/Number: | DES-1415Join the discussion |
| Exam Name: | Specialist - Technology Architect, PowerScale Solutions Exam |
| Certification: | EMC |
| Question Number: | 291 |
| Publish Date: | Jul 14, 2026 |
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You meet a customer for the first time. They explain that their current environment for NAS does not meet their needs. You want to make sure that Isilon is a good fit for their needs. What would be a good prequalifying question to ask?
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A healthcare services provider is implementing an X-Series cluster. Currently they have approximately 200 customers and they are growing at 30% per year. They have 200 TB of storage utilized.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations require they keep all patient data for seven (7) years. They would like to keep all genomic sequencing data stored with N+3 protection, not to exceed 75% utilization.
What is the minimum initial configuration you would recommend?
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There is a need to carry out a tech refresh of an Isilon cluster. Old nodes must be removed because they will soon be at end of service life. What methodology is least disruptive and will retain the file system structure, configuration, data, and DNS information?
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What do you need to take into consideration when planning a job schedule?
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A customer has an SMB file directory with 375 TB of data on the primary cluster with a protection level of N+3:1. They want to replicate this directory to the secondary cluster. They are interested in the possibility of setting protection levels on the target cluster.
Which target directory protection level information can be provided?
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