NCP Nutanix Architecture and Concepts

Question 1

What is a key component of the Nutanix architecture?

Accepted Answer

Controller Virtual Machine (CVM)

Answer

vCenter Server

Answer

Domain Controller

Answer

iSCSI Gateway

Question 2

What technology underpins Nutanix’s distributed storage?

Accepted Answer

Distributed Storage Fabric

Answer

RAID 10

Answer

Hypervisor

Answer

Load Balancer

Question 3

Which hypervisors are supported by Nutanix?

Accepted Answer

AHV, ESXi, Hyper-V

Answer

Only AHV

Answer

Only VMware

Answer

ESXi and KVM only

Question 4

What is the purpose of the Acropolis Operating System (AOS)?

Accepted Answer

Manage core services and resources

Answer

Manage user accounts

Answer

Control network settings

Answer

Handle backups only

Question 5

How does Nutanix scale?

Accepted Answer

Add more nodes to the cluster

Answer

Replace the master node

Answer

Upgrade RAM

Answer

Expand RAID volume

Question 6

What is Prism in Nutanix?

Accepted Answer

Nutanix management interface

Answer

Monitoring tool

Answer

Virtual switch

Answer

Firewall service

Question 7

Which Nutanix component handles I/O operations?

Accepted Answer

Stargate

Answer

Cassandra

Answer

Zookeeper

Answer

Curator

Question 8

What is metadata in Nutanix used for?

Accepted Answer

Track object and data location

Answer

Run applications

Answer

Backup only

Answer

Encrypt disks

Question 9

Which file system does Nutanix use?

Accepted Answer

NDFS

Answer

EXT4

Answer

VMFS

Answer

ZFS