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Scenario Overview:A prospective customer is looking for an NFS based storage platform that can cater for scale out operations. They are concerned with metadata operations and need something that will handle thousands of concurrent connections. Cost is important but the performance needs are the priority.The customer has provided estimates of workload size and current performance expectation, but they are relying on you to project the solution sizing based on the supplied variables. Sizing variables: Estimating a 5% annual growth rate14-day retention period for snapshotsDaily snapshot change rate of 1%5-year storage growthYour job is to use Pure Storage’s Sizer to recommend the most appropriate traditional purchase configuration.Customer Requirements:Workload – Distributed CMS (NFS): Dataset size: 981 TiBCompressible dataEstimated average read IOPS: 150,000Estimated read bandwidth: 2.6 GiB/s  Estimated average write IOPS: 35,000 Estimated write IO Size: 16 KiB Candidate Instructions:Use Sizer. Then, identify a configuration making sure that it meets required customer needs, including required effective capacity and expected IOPS, etc. The solution should be the most inexpensive entry point for this workload while staying under 100% Capacity Fullness.In the box below, paste in “Recommended CapEx Array” configuration that is highlighted as “Best Fit” in FlashArray Sizer.Example answer format: S500R2 | 525TB | 37DFMC | 1C | 7B2D-37.5TB Be sure to check your work before you submit. You will NOT be able to return to this page after you click “Next”.

An educational institution has implemented SafeMode on their FlashArray to protect research data. Their policy mandates offline storage of systems compromised by malware, eliminating them from recovery use. What additional step is needed for enhanced malware protection and quick data access without using compromised systems?

A systems engineer is designing a stretched cluster pod for a customer’s multisite Fibre Channel replication setup. Which key component is required to achieve zero RPO and RTO for mission-critical applications?

An SE is discussing the features of ActiveDR for testing a DR run book. Which two things happen when the remote pod is promoted during a DR test? (Select two.)

A customer wants to set the QoS rating limiting 2 GB/s and then limit the amount of queue depth to that volume.  Which two options would the SE recommend as rate limiting options? (Select two.)

Which unique benefit of Evergreen//Flex would allow customers to redistribute storage capacity between their arrays and locations?

A customer with an existing FlashArray for block storage is interested in purchasing additional capacity to consolidate the user home directories with FlashArray File. They need assurance that help desk personnel or end-users can perform Windows file-level recoveries without involving the storage administrator.    How can the SE give the customer the assurance needed to purchase the capacity upgrade and enable FlashArray File? (Select two.)

Which Evergreen offering provides a 99.9999% uptime SLA and integrated ransomware recovery?

A customer has two FlashArray//X arrays. They are currently configured with ActiveCluster, but the additional latency seen by the application(s) is higher than the SLAs will allow. The replication solution must have an RPO of less than 5 minutes. What should the systems engineer do?

List and briefly describe three key pieces of data to collect when identifying a target market for a social media campaign