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Dell EMC D-PWF-OE-00 Exam - Topic 5 Question 16 Discussion

Actual exam question for Dell EMC's D-PWF-OE-00 exam

Question #: 16
Topic #: 5

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How can storage pools in PowerFlex be expanded?

AAdd additional disks to the existing pool

BIncrease the node count in the fault set

CConfigure replication between clusters

DCreate new protection domains

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Suggested Answer: A

PowerFlex Storage Pools are elastic containers for physical drive capacity.

Add additional disks to the existing pool (Option A): You can expand a Storage Pool by physically inserting new drives into existing nodes and adding them to the pool, or by adding completely new nodes (populated with drives) to the cluster.

The Process: When new devices are added to a Storage Pool, the PowerFlex MDM automatically initiates a Rebalance operation. It moves existing data chunks from the full drives to the new empty drives until the usage percentage is equalized across all drives in the pool. This process is transparent to the host and increases both the capacity and the I/O performance of the pool.

by Bev at Aug 13, 2026, 01:45 AM

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Bronwyn

3 days ago

Totally agree, adding disks is the simplest way to go!

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Shizue

8 days ago

I thought replication was just for backup, not for expanding pools.

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Alishia

14 days ago

Wait, can you really create new protection domains for expansion?

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Maira

19 days ago

Increasing node count is also a valid option.

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Leana

24 days ago

You can definitely add more disks to the pool!

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Haley

29 days ago

Creating new protection domains seems like a separate concept; I don't think it helps with expanding existing pools, but I could be wrong.

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Melissa

1 month ago

I feel like configuring replication between clusters might be more about data redundancy rather than expanding storage pools.

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Evan

1 month ago

I remember something about increasing the node count in the fault set, but I can't recall if that directly relates to expanding storage pools.

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Kimbery

1 month ago

I think adding additional disks to the existing pool is a common way to expand storage pools, but I'm not entirely sure if that's the only method.

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