CompTIA CompTIA storage+ SG0-001 Questions & Answers

• Question 121:

  A director with a highly available configuration will have which of the following power supplies installed at a MINIMUM?

  A. N + 1

  B. N

  C. 2 * N

  D. N + 2

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 122:

  The specification of disk drives used in a storage system lists an average of 200 read IOPS per drive. Which of the following should be expected of an 8 drive RAID 5 array?

  A. 1000

  B. 1200

  C. 1400

  D. 1600

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 123:

  Data needs to be mirrored from the primary datacenter to the DR site 800km (497mi) away. Which of the following replication methods should the administrator consider FIRST?

  A. Shipped tapes

  B. Asynchronous

  C. Snapshots

  D. Synchronous

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 124:

  A storage administrator has created a ruleset to determine the appropriate storage tier when storing new data in a tiered storage solution. The administrator notes later that the default tier is receiving all of the new data. Which of the following should the administrator perform FIRST?

  A. Add a new storage tier to the solution

  B. Check the order of the rules

  C. Enlarge the capacity of the default tier

  D. Eliminate the default rule

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 125:

  A new FCoE solution is experiencing random connectivity issues between many servers and their storage. Which of the following should the SAN administrator check FIRST?

  A. Implement a router to bridge between FCoE and FC devices

  B. Replace the forwarder with a director and FCoE line module

  C. Inspect the cables and replace as necessary

  D. Configure the forwarder to NPIV mode of operations

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 126:

  A datacenter has 100 TB of Tier 1 storage, 600 TB of Tier 2 storage and a large tape library. HSM is moving data from Tier 1 to Tier 2 at the rate of 5 TB per month, while 10% of Tier 2 data is transferred to tape per year. The storage administrator is asked to forecast the amount of new Tier 2 storage that will be needed over the next two years. Which of the following does the administrator report?

  A. 0 TB

  B. 5 TB

  C. 60 TB

  D. 120 TB

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 127:

  The switches in one fabric, in a redundant FC environment, were recently moved. A subset of hosts lost all connectivity to their SAN-attached disk resources during the move. Which of the following should the administrator have checked BEFORE starting the move?

  A. Quiesce the mission-critical applications.

  B. Ensure the MPIO version is up-to-date.

  C. Verify all host paths to storage are active.

  D. Enable all switches in the redundant fabric.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 128:

  Which of the following would be implemented in a software management tool to define boundaries that generate notifications?

  A. Audit logs

  B. Baselines

  C. Thresholds

  D. Events

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 129:

  Which of the following describes the type of encryption supported by LTO tape drives to protect data in transit between a datacenter and an off-site storage facility?

  A. IEEE 802.5z based encryption

  B. IPSec based encryption

  C. Data-at-Rest encryption

  D. Data-In-Flight encryption

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 130:

  Assuming that unique keys exist for each tape backup job, which of the following is the BEST advantage of using Tape encryption in regards to expiring tapes?

  A. Tapes that are expired only need to be reformatted to make the data inaccessible.

  B. Tapes that are expired only need the keys destroyed to make the data inaccessible.

  C. Tapes that are expired only need to be overwritten without reformatting to make the data inaccessible.

  D. Tapes that are expired must be degaussed to make the data inaccessible.

  Correct Answer: B