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EMC E20-555 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Isilon Advanced Applications and Management | - Client access, permissions and protocol support - Data services: SyncIQ, SmartQuotas, SmartPools, SmartLock - Job engines, RBAC/ZRBAC and cluster monitoring |
| Isilon Infrastructure and Components | - Networking, Access Zones and SmartConnect - Nature and use of Isilon nodes and components |
| Solution Design Process | - Sizing and capacity planning considerations - Information requirements for Isilon solution design |
| Data Protection and Workload Considerations | - Data availability, protection and backup/archive workflows - I/O patterns, latency and performance impacts |
| Workflow Analysis Tools | - Use of tools such as iostat, iperf, tcpdump, Wireshark, NFSstat - Cluster monitoring with InsightIQ and statistics |
E20-555 Exam — Answers to Common Questions
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EMC Isilon Solutions and Design Specialist Exam for Technology Architects Sample Questions:
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We have been engaged by a research hospital to help upgrade their Isilon installation. They currently have 12 previous generation Isilon nodes with 200TB of capacity and run on a 1Gbps network. They currently have 6 Illumina Hi-Seq Sequencers and an HPC cluster to process dat a. They would like to expand Isilon to 2PB of active data and 1PB of archive data. They use a third party data and metadata management service (IRODs) to stage data for analysis. The Isilon cluster is mainly used for analysis work with the HPC cluster.
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The customer will add two more Illumina Hi-Seq Sequencers in the next 6 months.
Once these are added, what is the total amount of data from all the sequencers they can expect to add per month?
- A. 14.4 TB
- B. 1.2 TB
- C. 9.6 TB
- D. 4.8 TB
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
What do you need to take into consideration when planning a job schedule?
- A. Up to three jobs can run at the same time. Multiple restripe or mark job phases cannot safely and securely run simultaneously without interfering with each other and without risk of data corruption.
- B. Any three other jobs can run at the same time and they can run in conjunction with restripe or mark job phases.
- C. Multiple restripe category job phases and one-mark category job phase can run at the same time.
- D. Up to three jobs can run at the same time. Multiple restripe or mark job phases can safely and securely run simultaneously without interfering with each other and without risk of data corruption.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
How many file systems are present in a 20-node Isilon X200 cluster?
- A. 2
- B. 4
- C. 3
- D. 1
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
What is appropriate for capturing packets for later analysis of I/O request sizes and randomness on Isilon clusters?
- A. Wireshark
- B. iostat
- C. tcpdump
- D. Mitrend
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
Refer to the exhibit.
Which tool was used to create this output and what is the most telling characteristic?
- A. isi_netlogger and moderate metadata read operations
- B. Read-intensive access and nfsstat
- C. nfsstat and write-intensive access
- D. iostat and write-intensive access
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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