Nutanix Exam Nutanix NCP 2

Question 1

Which Nutanix component is responsible for managing the distributed metadata and ensuring data consistency across nodes?

Accepted Answer

Cassandra

Answer

Cassandra is Nutanix's distributed metadata store that maintains consistency and availability of metadata across all nodes in a cluster.

Question 2

In Nutanix AOS, what is the default replication factor (RF) for a newly created storage container?

Accepted Answer

RF-2

Answer

Nutanix defaults to RF-2 (Replication Factor 2), which keeps two copies of data across different nodes to ensure high availability.

Question 3

What Nutanix feature allows workloads to continue running on a node even when a disk fails, by tolerating the failure without data loss?

Accepted Answer

Self-Healing

Answer

Nutanix's self-healing mechanism automatically reconstructs missing data and redistributes it across healthy nodes after a disk failure.

Question 4

Which Nutanix tool provides command-line access to perform cluster-wide operations such as checking cluster health and managing services?

Accepted Answer

nCLI

Answer

nCLI (Nutanix Command Line Interface) is used for cluster-wide operations including health checks, container management, and service control.

Question 5

In Nutanix, what is the purpose of the Curator service?

Accepted Answer

Manages cluster-wide cleanup and optimization tasks

Answer

Curator is Nutanix's MapReduce-based cluster management service that handles background tasks like disk balancing, garbage collection, and data consistency checks.

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