Nutanix Exam Quality Assurance & Improvement 3

Question 1

Which Nutanix technology automatically tiers data between SSD and HDD to optimize performance?

Accepted Answer

Intelligent Tiering via ILM (Information Lifecycle Management)

Answer

ILM continuously monitors data temperature and moves hot data to SSD and cold data to HDD to maintain optimal performance-to-cost balance.

Question 2

What does Nutanix's 'Data Resiliency Status' widget in Prism indicate when showing 'OK'?

Accepted Answer

The cluster can tolerate the configured number of node or disk failures without data loss

Answer

Data Resiliency Status 'OK' confirms the cluster currently meets its replication factor requirements and can survive the intended failure domains.

Question 3

In the context of Nutanix quality improvement, what is the role of Pulse?

Accepted Answer

It sends anonymized cluster telemetry to Nutanix for proactive support and product improvement

Answer

Pulse transmits anonymized health and configuration data to Nutanix, enabling proactive support case creation and informing product improvements.

Question 4

Which Prism Central feature helps identify VMs that are consuming disproportionately high resources compared to their peers?

Accepted Answer

VM Efficiency Widget showing overprovisioned and inactive VMs

Answer

The VM Efficiency widget categorizes VMs as overprovisioned, inactive, or constrained, helping admins right-size workloads to improve cluster efficiency.

Question 5

What is the impact of running Nutanix clusters at sustained storage utilization above 95%?

Accepted Answer

Curator cannot move data to restore resiliency after a drive failure, risking data loss

Answer

Above ~95% storage utilization, Curator lacks the free space needed to re-replicate data after failures, making data loss possible.

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