Nutanix NCA Exam - Topic 4 Question 49 Discussion

Actual exam question for Nutanix's NCA exam

Question #: 49
Topic #: 4

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An administrator is configuring Erasure Coding on a Redundancy Factor 2 cluster.

How many nodes, at a minimum, are necessary?

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by Malcolm at Jun 17, 2026, 06:27 PM

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Ora

2 days ago

Definitely 4, can't have less with erasure coding.

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Michell

7 days ago

I thought it was 3, but I guess not!

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Edelmira

12 days ago

Minimum 4 nodes needed for RF2.

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Luisa

18 days ago

I thought it was 4 nodes too, but I keep second-guessing myself on these erasure coding setups.

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Detra

23 days ago

I feel like it might be 5 nodes, but I can't recall the exact details from my notes.

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Lorriane

28 days ago

I remember practicing a similar question, and I think the answer was 6 nodes for redundancy factor 2.

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Carli

1 month ago

I think we need at least 4 nodes for redundancy, but I'm not completely sure.

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