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A customer currently has an all-flash Nimble AF3000. They are using 50 TiB of usable space with a reported total data reduction of 3:1. The customer requires submillisecond latency for these critical workloads. They have requested an Evergreen//One quote to replace the system.  Which Evergreen//One tier and capacity should be recommended?

After deploying ActiveCluster with Uniform Configuration, a customer wants to verify that the connections to the array are configured per best practices. Which Fibre Channel setup should the SE recommend?

A potential customer needs a stretched cluster for high availability and also requires a third copy of their data stored in a remote geographic location. Which replication method should be recommended?

A customer gives an SE the following requirements: Must replicate data across two data centers to ensure geographic redundancy and to provide disaster recovery Must be as close to 0 RPO as possible Latency between the two data centers is greater than 11 ms Which option fulfills the above requirements?

Refer to the exhibit. A customer wants to increase the utilization of their existing storage assets and minimize wasted capacity. When reviewing this particular FlashArray system, they ask if they can start migrating data to this array since it is only 28% full and will only reach 30% full in three months. The customer requires load to remain below 80%.  Which action should the SE recommend to meet the requirement?

According to the FlashArray//X Capacity Dashboard, snapshots consume 48% of the array’s capacity. The customer needs to maintain 50% of these snapshots for long-term storage to meet regulatory requirements.Which option should the SE recommend to free capacity on the FlashArray//X?

An existing customer has a FlashArray//X with 2 x 2-port 10 G Ethernet ports fitted. Their existing workloads consume 13.3 Gbps throughput at a daily peak. They are planning to add more workloads to the array and require that throughput be maintained during upgrades.  New Workload Read (Gbps) Write (Gbps) Virtual Machines1.00.5 Databases1.02.0 Media Files2.00.1 User Home Directories1.00.8  What is the most cost-effective solution the SE can recommend that meets the customer’s requirements?

A healthcare customer using a FlashArray//X50 for VMware datastores has recently added a radiology department and now needs file-based storage for medical imaging. They have 35 TB of usable space remaining and anticipate using 15 TB for images. The current array load is 35%. Which approach will be the most cost-effective way to support this workload?

Refer to the exhibit. Which recommendation should the SE provide if the customer wants to add an additional 10 TB of test/dev workload to the array?

A customer currently runs database workloads (Oracle and Microsoft SQL) on six FlashArray//X systems in one datacenter. They are interested in providing off-array copies of database volumes so the DBA teams can do operational recoveries and lightweight development and testing using daily and weekly copies. Which data replication feature should be recommended?