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Storage Management and Data Services Flashcards

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  1. Which Nutanix service provides S3-compatible object storage for unstructured data?

    Answer: Nutanix Objects

    Nutanix Objects is an S3-compatible object storage service that runs natively on the Nutanix platform, enabling storage of unstructured data such as backups and media files.

  2. In a Nutanix RF3 cluster, how many simultaneous node failures can the cluster tolerate without data loss?

    Answer: 2 nodes

    RF3 stores three copies of every data block across different nodes, allowing the cluster to lose up to two nodes simultaneously while still having one remaining copy of all data.

  3. What Nutanix feature allows a storage container to access capacity from multiple Nutanix clusters?

    Answer: Distributed Storage Fabric

    The Distributed Storage Fabric (DSF) abstracts and pools storage across all nodes in a Nutanix cluster into a single unified storage resource, presented to hypervisors as a single datastore.

  4. When using Nutanix Files, what is the role of a File Server VM (FSVM)?

    Answer: Serves SMB/NFS shares and handles file protocol operations

    FSVMs are dedicated controller VMs deployed as part of Nutanix Files that run the file services software and handle all SMB and NFS protocol requests from clients.

  5. Which Nutanix storage optimization feature is most beneficial for VDI workloads with many identical VM base images?

    Answer: Deduplication

    Deduplication provides the greatest benefit for VDI environments because many VMs share identical OS blocks from the same base image, and dedup eliminates these redundant copies across VMs.

  6. In Nutanix, what happens to data when a disk drive fails in a node with RF2?

    Answer: Data is automatically rebuilt from the replica copy on other nodes

    When a disk fails in RF2, Nutanix AOS automatically detects the failure and rebuilds the missing data using the surviving replica copies distributed across other nodes in the cluster.

  7. What is the purpose of the Nutanix Acropolis Block Services (ABS) Volume Group?

    Answer: Aggregates iSCSI disks into a logical unit that can be attached to initiators

    A Volume Group in ABS is a collection of iSCSI virtual disks that can be presented as block storage to external iSCSI initiators such as physical servers or VMs needing direct block access.