ACE Acronis Product Fundamentals & Architecture 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the primary role of the Acronis Backup Gateway component in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure?
- It encrypts backup data before it reaches the cloud
- It provides an S3-compatible access layer between backup agents and ACI storage (Correct answer)
- It manages user authentication and license validation
- It orchestrates replication between geographically distributed nodes
Correct answer: It provides an S3-compatible access layer between backup agents and ACI storage
Acronis Backup Gateway serves as an S3-compatible API endpoint that connects Acronis backup agents to Acronis Cyber Infrastructure storage pools.
Question 2: Which deduplication scope in Acronis Cyber Protect reduces storage consumption across ALL backups from multiple machines in the same storage location?
- Source-side deduplication
- Target-side deduplication (Correct answer)
- In-line deduplication
- Client-level deduplication
Correct answer: Target-side deduplication
Target-side deduplication runs on the storage node and deduplicates across all backups stored there, achieving global savings across multiple machines.
Question 3: In Acronis Cyber Protect, what storage tier is referred to as 'Acronis Cloud' when configuring a backup plan's destination?
- An on-premises NAS device managed by Acronis tools
- The Acronis-hosted multi-tenant object storage reachable via the SaaS console (Correct answer)
- A local Acronis Cyber Infrastructure cluster
- An AWS S3 bucket integrated through the Acronis partner portal
Correct answer: The Acronis-hosted multi-tenant object storage reachable via the SaaS console
The 'Acronis Cloud' destination refers to the Acronis-operated cloud storage that tenants access through the SaaS-based Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud console.
Question 4: What is the minimum number of storage nodes required to enable erasure coding in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure?
- 2
- 3 (Correct answer)
- 5
- 8
Correct answer: 3
Acronis Cyber Infrastructure requires at least 3 storage nodes to implement erasure coding, ensuring data redundancy without the overhead of full replication.
Question 5: Which Acronis feature automatically tracks changed data blocks between backup sessions at the volume level, enabling faster incrementals?
- Acronis Universal Restore
- Changed Block Tracker (CBT) (Correct answer)
- Acronis Snap Deploy
- Active Protection Sensor
Correct answer: Changed Block Tracker (CBT)
Changed Block Tracker (CBT) monitors which disk blocks have changed since the last backup at the kernel level, dramatically reducing incremental backup time and size.
Question 6: When configuring a backup vault on a network share in Acronis Cyber Protect, which protocol is supported natively without additional plugins?
- iSCSI
- SMB/CIFS (Correct answer)
- FTP
- WebDAV
Correct answer: SMB/CIFS
Acronis Cyber Protect natively supports SMB/CIFS network shares as backup vault destinations without requiring any additional configuration plugins.
Question 7: In Acronis Cyber Protect's multi-tier architecture, which component is responsible for storing backup metadata and enabling fast catalog searches?
- Management Server database
- Storage Node catalog service (Correct answer)
- Agent local cache
- Cloud indexing engine
Correct answer: Storage Node catalog service
The Storage Node maintains a catalog service that indexes backup metadata, allowing administrators to quickly search for specific files and versions without reading entire archives.
ACE Acronis Product Fundamentals & Architecture 2
What is the primary role of the Acronis Backup Gateway component in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure?