Nutanix NCA Exam - Topic 6 Question 43 Discussion

Actual exam question for Nutanix's NCA exam

Question #: 43
Topic #: 6

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An administrator is performing AHV upgrades on an 8-node cluster configured with Redundancy Factor 3.

How many nodes would be placed into maintenance mode simultaneously?

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Suggested Answer: B

by Natalie at Mar 08, 2026, 05:01 AM

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Precious

3 hours ago

I feel like it could be C) 3. We need to keep some nodes active.

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Jodi

5 days ago

I think it's B) 2. It makes sense for redundancy.

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Eve

10 days ago

Definitely 3, that’s how RF3 works!

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Joanne

16 days ago

I thought it was 4 for some reason.

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Larae

2 months ago

Wait, are you sure it’s not just 2?

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Johnetta

2 months ago

Totally agree, 3 makes sense!

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Verda

2 months ago

It’s 3 nodes with RF3.

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Minna

3 months ago

I agree, 3 makes sense for RF3!

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Marylyn

3 months ago

Wait, are we sure about that? Seems high.

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Marjory

3 months ago

Definitely 3, that’s the redundancy factor!

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Linn

3 months ago

I think it’s actually 2.

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Tanesha

3 months ago

It’s 3 nodes, right?

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Shawn

3 months ago

I thought it was 3 nodes, but now I'm second-guessing myself. I need to think about how redundancy affects this.

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Nguyet

4 months ago

I’m a bit unsure, but I feel like it could be 2 nodes. I think I saw a similar question about maintenance modes in our practice tests.

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Beth

4 months ago

If I remember correctly, with a redundancy factor of 3, we can only take down a certain number of nodes without losing availability.

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Erick

4 months ago

I think we might need to consider the redundancy factor when deciding how many nodes can go into maintenance mode.

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