QuestionQ327

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During a forensic recovery operation at a defense contractor’s research facility in Denver, Colorado, analysts are restoring corrupted evidence drives from a rack-mounted workstation. The drives need simultaneous bidirectional data transfer and redundancy across multiple controllers to preserve availability, even if one path fails. Based on these operational requirements, which disk interface would offer the most reliable connection for this environment?

  • A Serial АТА (SATA)
  • B Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
  • C Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)
  • D Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Explanation

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) provides full-duplex data transfer and dual-port capability. Its two independent paths can connect through separate controllers or fault domains, so the drive remains accessible through the second path if one path fails, providing the required high availability.

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