Exam 8: Cloud Storage

Sid wants to create a new copy of a server so that he can test some patches to the server outside of the production environment. Which of the following describes the method described?

Roz is looking to save disk space on the servers by migrating log files older than 30 days to another server. Which of the following might she use to combine the files into one file that is smaller than the combined size of the originals?

Sophia needs to make sure that everything on certain systems gets backed up once per week. What is the technical term that is used to describe this type of backup?

Fictional Corp has an on-premises data center where content is written once and then referenced by its content rather than by its location on a disk. Which of the following types of storage are they most likely using?

Juanita wants to create a data replication system where the data is constantly written to two locations at the same time. Which of the following describes this type of configuration?

Eddie is creating a new virtual machine on the cloud service provider his company uses. One of the specs that he's looking at describes the number of read and write operations that can be completed over certain periods of time. Which of the following specs is he comparing?

Daniel is looking for a good solution to store the log files from servers in his organization. He knows that the log files will never change. Which of the following describes the type of data he is looking to store and manage?

Edgar is about to make some changes to a virtual machine. However, he knows that some of the changes may not be successful and wants a quick way to restore back to the original configuration and data in the case of failure. Which of the following strategies could allow Edgar to accomplish this goal?

Startup Inc. is developing a new application that they intend to use a cloud service provider to host. Initially, they plan on only launching the app in the United States and then growing from there once they have reached critical mass. Which of the following storage designs might they use initially in order to save on costs?

Terrance is designing storage for a startup company and needs to ensure from the beginning that it will be able to handle high levels of variety in high volumes and arriving in high velocity. Which of the following technologies is he designing for?

Sylvester has several very critical web applications that he is responsible for. These applications are hosted in the company's on-premises data center. He wants to ensure that if something happens to one of the applications or the data that it can be recovered as fast as possible. Which of the following would allow him the quickest recovery time?

Fictional Corp archives all of the video footage from its IP cameras that is older than 1 week. This footage is very rarely ever accessed. Which of the following is the best solution for how they should store this data?

Greg is analyzing a server and notices that the storage space is now 90 percent full. He wants to save some space by deleting some of the historical records on the server. Which of the following might prevent him from doing so?

Lorna manages a private cloud with 500 terabytes of storage. However, the servers in the cloud have a total provisioned footprint of 800 terabytes. Which of the following describes the provisioning model that she is using?

Martin wants to maintain an exact copy of the data from one of the data storage locations in a separate location for disaster recovery purposes. The copy of the data will not be actively used unless the systems have to failover to the copy. Which of the following describes the type of redundancy he is wanting to implement?

Cindy has a scheduled job to back up the web server every day at 1 am. Every hour she wants to run another backup to archive anything that has changed since the full backup. Which of the following describes the hourly backup process she wants to implement?

Roberta is trying to find a way to save space on the SAN that acts as storage for all of the home directories in her organization. Which of the following might help Roberta accomplish this goal?

Joe has been asked about one of the storage systems his company maintains. This system writes the data to storage in one region and periodically copies the data to another region. What term can he use to describe this configuration?

A large social media platform is planning on converting from filesystem storage to object storage for the many photos that users upload. Which of the following types of object-based storage might they choose?

Doreen wants to configure the new application she is deploying to use object storage for the logs. Which of the following object-based storage should she choose?