Discuss Nutanix NCP-US Exam Topic 1 Question 3

An administrator is implementing a storage solution with these requirements:

Is easily searchable

Natively supports disaster recovery

Access to each item needs to be fast

Can scale to petabytes of data

users are granted access after authentication

user data is isolated, but could be shared

How should the administrator satisfy these requirements?

ADeploy Objects with AD integration.

Buse Files distributed share with ABE.

CImplement Volumes with CHAP.

DConfigure Calm with an application per user.

Suggested Answer: A

This is because Objects can provide fast access to each item using S3-compatible API which can be easily searched using metadata tags or third-party tools3.Objects also natively supports disaster recovery using replication policies1.Objects can scale to petabytes of data using erasure coding which reduces storage overhead1.Users can be granted access after authentication using AD integration which simplifies identity management1.User data can be isolated but could be shared using buckets which are logical containers for objects that can have different policies applied1.

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13 comments · newest first

Justine 11 months ago

Wait, can it really scale to petabytes with just AD? That seems too good to be true!

Shelton 11 months ago

D sounds interesting, but I'm not sure it meets all the requirements.

Johnna 11 months ago

C is a bit outdated for these needs, right?

Glenn 12 months ago

I think B could work too, especially with ABE.

Antonette 12 months ago

Option A seems like the best fit for AD integration.

Theresia 1 year ago

I vaguely recall that Calm is more about application management than storage solutions, so I doubt option D is the best fit for these needs.

Terrilyn 1 year ago

I practiced a similar question where CHAP was mentioned, but I don't think it fits all the requirements like scalability and searchability.

Vincenza 1 year ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I feel like the distributed file share with ABE could handle user access and isolation, which seems important here.

Sherron 1 year ago

I remember we discussed how object storage can be easily searchable and supports disaster recovery, so I think option A might be the right choice.

Julian 1 year ago

Alright, let's do this! I've got a good handle on SQL, so I think I can tackle this question pretty easily. I'll just need to double-check my work to make sure I'm not missing anything.

Carman 1 year ago

I'm a bit confused by the wording here. I'll have to read it over a few times.

Meaghan 1 year ago

I remember practicing a question about changing file headers, but I don't think that's the main anti-forensic technique mentioned in lectures.

Bobbye 1 year ago

I remember practice questions discussing no-balance billing. It might be related to accepting payment in full from insurance, which makes me lean toward option D.

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