Nutanix Exam Introduction to Nutanix 4

Question 1

Which Nutanix service provides enterprise file storage (NAS) natively within the HCI cluster?

Accepted Answer

Nutanix Files

Answer

Nutanix Files delivers scale-out SMB and NFS file services natively on the Nutanix cluster without external NAS appliances.

Question 2

What is Nutanix Calm used for?

Accepted Answer

Application lifecycle management and infrastructure automation

Answer

Nutanix Calm is a multi-cloud application automation and lifecycle management platform that uses Blueprints to model and deploy applications.

Question 3

In a Nutanix cluster, what happens to cluster operations if a single node loses power unexpectedly?

Accepted Answer

The cluster continues operating using data replicas on surviving nodes

Answer

Because Nutanix replicates data (RF2/RF3) across multiple nodes, surviving nodes continue serving data from their copies during a node failure.

Question 4

Which Nutanix product provides database-as-a-service (DBaaS) for Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and other databases?

Accepted Answer

Nutanix Era

Answer

Nutanix Era provides one-click database provisioning, patching, cloning, and lifecycle management for multiple database engines.

Question 5

What does the Nutanix 'Expand Cluster' operation allow administrators to do?

Accepted Answer

Add new nodes to an existing cluster to increase capacity linearly

Answer

Expand Cluster allows non-disruptive addition of new nodes, with Nutanix automatically rebalancing data and adding capacity immediately.

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