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| Exam Code | : | E20-526 |
| Exam Name | : | XtremIO Solutions and Design Specialist Exam for Technology Architects |
| Questions and Answers | : | 67 Q & A |
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Where is the XtremIO VSS hardware provider package installed?
On all X-Bricks in the cluster
On the XMS
Factory-installed on the array
On the backup server
A Linux administrator is attaching a new RHEL server to their XtremIO storage array. Which configuration setting should be changed?
Enable Logical Volume Manager
Modify the file system block size
Disable HBA Queue Depth
Disable I/O elevators
What are common storage array mechanisms?
Log structuring and RAID
Post-processing and metadata logging
RAID and metadata log structuring
Metadata logging and RAID
A storage administrator wants to re-use some of their XtremIO thin provisioned disks attached to a Microsoft Windows 2012 host. However, the administrator notices that
"Quick Format" of the drives is taking a long time to complete. This has an impact on the overall performance. What should be recommended to minimize the performance impact?
Disable the I/O elevator feature on the Windows host while formatting
Temporarily disable the UN MAP feature on the Windows host during formatting
Adjust the execution throttle value on the Windows host
Change the disk format to thick provisioned
A customer wants to use the Cinder driver to manage XtremIO storage in an OpenStack environment. What is a potential concern?
Compression is not supported
Deduplication is not supported
Snapshots of snapshots are not supported
Volume expansion cannot be reversed
When creating XtremIO volumes for a host, which operating systems will benefit by changing the default logical block size for applications consisting of 4 KB I/Os?
Microsoft Windows and RHEL
VMware ESX and Microsoft Windows
RHEL and IBM AIX
Sun Solaris and HP-UX
A customer has a group of applications that need storage which can provide low response times. The total I/O requirements are 75,000 IOPs with a 4 kB block size. They will have 500 LUNs and need to keep 30 daily snapshots of each LUN. What is the
smallest XtremIO configuration that will meet their needs?
1 cluster with 2 X-Bricks
1 cluster with 4 X-Bricks
2 clusters with 1 X-Brick each
2 clusters with 2 X-Bricks each
When installing a physical XtremIO Management Server (XMS) station, which requirement must be met?
XMS must be able to access one of the management ports on one X-Brick storage controller in the cluster
XMS must be able to access only the management ports on the first X-Brick's storage controllers
XMS must be able to access all management ports on the X-Brick storage controllers
XMS must be able to access all management ports on at least two X-Brick storage controllers in the cluster
A customer has decided to use VMware Horizon View as their desktop virtualization technology. Their VDI environment will consist of XtremIO storage and ESXi hosts. They are looking for increased speed and low latencies while performing file copy operations. What should the setting for VAAI XCOPY I/O size be set to in order to achieve this requirement?
8 kB
63 kB
256 kB
4MB
EMC Education Services
Technology Architect, XtremIO Solutions Specialist Version 1.0 (EMCTA)
Certification Description
Proven Professional Website
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Certification Overview
This training and certification enables and qualify the professionals on position, demonstrate, and architect solutions using XtremIO system. The certification is
supported by a core curriculum describing the critical components of the XtremIO system, its features and best practices to design the solution for a customer environment.
Certification Requirements
To complete the requirements for this certification you must:
Achieve one of the following Associate level certifications*
Information Storage Associate (EMCISA)
Information Storage Associate Version 2 (EMCISA)
Information Storage Associate Version 3 (EMCISA)
Pass the following Specialist exam on or after November 13, 2015:
E20-526 XtremIO Solutions and Design Specialist Exam for Technology Architects
Note: These details reflect certification requirements as of November 13, 2015. The Proven Professional Program periodically updates certification requirements.
*Please check the Proven Professional CertTracker website regularly for the latest
information and for other options to meet the Associate level requirement.
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E20-526 XtremIO Solutions and Design Specialist Exam for Technology Architects
Exam Description
Duration
90 Minutes
(60 Questions)
Pass Score: 63
Practice Test
Exam - E20-526
Overview
This exam is a qualifying exam for the Technology Architect, XtremIO Solutions Specialist Version 1.0 (EMCTA) track.
This exam focuses on the knowledge and activities needed for the positioning, designing, and demonstrating of XtremIO solutions in a customer environment. This
includes a detailed understanding of XtremIO product features, functionality, use cases, and configurations. It also includes designing an XtremIO storage solution for applications that require high performance and availability.
EMC provides free practice tests to assess your knowledge in preparation for the exam. Practice tests allow you to become familiar with the topics and question types you will find on the proctored exam. Your results on a practice test offer one indication of how prepared you are for the proctored exam and can highlight topics on which you need to
study and train further. A passing score on the practice test does not guarantee a passing score on the certification exam.
Products
Products likely to be referred to on this exam include but are not limited to:
XtremIO v 4.0 RecoverPoint 4.1.2
Exam Topics
Topics likely to be covered on this exam include:
XtremIO Operations and Management Options (13%)
System components and operation
XtremIO Management Server
Management options – GUI, CLI, and REST API
Multi-Cluster management capability
Host Configurations and Storage Presentation (20%)
Host configurations
Storage provisioning and presentation
XtremIO Data Protection (10%)
XtremIO Snapshots
Local and remote replication using RecoverPoint
XtremIO Performance Management (9%)
XtremIO performance features
Benchmarking tools
XtremIO Positioning (7%)
XtremIO benefits
XtremIO features – deduplication, compression, and encryption
Data Gathering and Analysis (16%)
Capturing customer environment and requirement data
Data gathering and analysis tools and practices
Preparing and posting the solution
Designing an XtremIO Solution (25%)
Design for features – replication, deduplication, compression, and encryption
Design for key use cases – VDI and Database environments
Design consideration for deploying XtremIO in Cloud and virtual environments
The percentages after each topic above reflects the approximate distribution of the total question set across the exam.
Recommended Training
Course Title | Course Number | Mode | Available |
Connectivity Protocols | MR-1WP-NSSSP | eLearning | 12/22/15 |
EMC Secure Remote Support (ESRS) Overview | MR-7WN-ESRSO | eLearning | 6/12/15 |
The following curriculum is recommended for candidates preparing to take this exam. Please complete the following courses as needed to complete the prerequisite knowledge
Please complete all of the following courses
Course Title | Course Number | Mode | Available |
XtremIO Fundamentals | MR-1WP-XIOFUND | eLearning | 6/14/16 |
RecoverPoint Fundamentals | MR-1WP-RPFD | eLearning | 12/17/15 |
VPLEX Fundamentals | MR-1WP-VPLEXFD | eLearning | 4/19/16 |
Please complete one of the following courses
Course Title | Course Number | Mode | Available |
XtremIO Infrastructure Solution – Video ILT | MR-7TP-XIOINFSOL- 1507 | Video ILT-Stream | 9/28/15 |
Please complete one of the following courses
Course Title | Course Number | Mode | Available |
XtremIO Solution Design–Video ILT | MR-7TP-XIOSD-1507 | Video ILT-Stream | 9/28/15 |
Please complete all of the following courses
Course Title | Course Number | Mode | Available |
XtremIO Integration with VDI Best Practices | MR-1WN-XIOVDIBP | eLearning | Now |
XtremIO Integration with Oracle Best Practices | MR-1WN-XIOINBPORC | eLearning | Now |
Note: These exam description details reflect contents as of November 13, 2015.
The Proven Professional Program periodically updates exams to reflect technical currency and relevance. Please check the Proven Professional website regularly for the latest information.
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