A financial institution is deploying a new PowerMax 8500 for a mission-critical OLTP database. The requirements are zero RPO and automated, non-disruptive failover between two data centers separated by 70km with a dedicated 10Gbps link. The lead architect is concerned about potential split-brain scenarios. Which SRDF/Metro component is specifically designed to mitigate this risk by acting as a definitive tie-breaker?
During a sizing exercise using the VMAX Sizer for a new PowerMax 2500, an architect wants to propose a solution for a cold data archive workload. To maximize cost-effectiveness, the architect selects a configuration dominated by high-capacity QLC drives. Which two performance characteristics must the architect communicate to the customer as trade-offs for this drive type? (Select TWO)
A VMware administrator reports that Storage vMotion operations on a PowerMax-backed datastore are not being offloaded to the array, causing high ESXi host CPU utilization. The administrator confirms that the VAAI plug-in is installed. What is the most likely cause of this issue?
True or False: When using the Business Continuity Solution Designer (BCSD) tool to plan an SRDF/A implementation, the tool's primary output for network planning is a precise latency requirement, not a bandwidth calculation.
An administrator is reviewing the Unisphere for PowerMax dashboard and notices a recommendation from the AIOps Assistant to rebalance workloads across front-end ports. This recommendation is most likely based on which type of analysis?
A hospital is modernizing its data protection strategy for a critical Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system running on a PowerMax array. They need to protect against both logical corruption and regional disasters. The proposed solution involves local snapshots and remote replication. Which combination of Dell technologies provides an integrated solution for frequent, space-efficient local copies and zero data loss remote protection?
An architect is designing a three-site disaster recovery solution. The primary site must replicate synchronously to a secondary site (100km away) for zero data loss. Both the primary and secondary sites must replicate asynchronously to a tertiary site (2000km away) for geographical separation. Which SRDF topology supports this requirement?
A storage administrator attempts to dissolve an SRDF/A session to perform maintenance but the operation fails. The session is currently in a 'Consistent' state. What is the most likely reason for the failure?
Case Study: Global Retail Corp (GRC) is planning a data center consolidation project. They have two primary data centers, DC1 and DC2, located 50km apart, which will host their active e-commerce platform on PowerMax 8500 arrays. They also have a third data center, DC3, located 1500km away for disaster recovery. GRC's primary business requirement is to have zero downtime for their e-commerce platform, even in the event of a complete failure of DC1. This necessitates an active-active storage configuration between DC1 and DC2. For disaster recovery, they can tolerate up to 15 minutes of data loss (RPO) for a failover to DC3. All replication must be managed from a central Unisphere for PowerMax instance. An architect proposes a solution that combines SRDF/Metro between DC1 and DC2, and SRDF/A from the active SRDF/Metro pair to DC3. However, the network team has raised a concern about the inter-DC links. Which network characteristic between DC1 and DC2 is the most critical constraint for a successful SRDF/Metro implementation?
A consultant is using the Business Continuity Solution Designer (BCSD) to model a new SRDF/S solution. The customer's workload consists of large block sequential writes. When reviewing the host performance data, which two metrics are most essential for accurately sizing the SRDF/S network requirements? (Select TWO)