D-PST-DS-00: Dell PowerStore DesignDemo

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Solution Design

A customer has standardized on a separate NAS platform for all file services and will keep hosting all file workloads there. The planned PowerStore deployment will support VMware, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle workloads.

Which appliance configuration best fits this design?

  • A Configure the appliance for unified storage but disable all block services.
  • B Configure the appliance for block-optimized mode and use it only for block resources.
  • C Configure the appliance for file-only services and present datastores over NFS.
  • D Configure the appliance for unified (block and file) storage to keep all options available.
Explanation

PowerStore can be configured during initial setup for either unified storage (block and file) or block-optimized storage (block-only). Because all file services will remain on the separate NAS platform and the listed VMware, SQL Server, and Oracle workloads require block resources, block-optimized mode is the appropriate configuration.

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