An architect is preparing power and cabling requirements for the data center manager for a new install of FlashArray//XL and FlashBlade//S chassis. Which requirements should the architect send to the data center manager?

An architect is designing an ActiveDR solution to a remote data center. The organization currently uses NVMe-oF and iSCSI volumes across a variety of FlashArrays in both data centers. They also have two Cloud Block Store (CBS) arrays in AWS they would like to include in their ActiveDR solution. What should the architect advise the organization?

A video editing firm has purchased FlashBlade//E with a fully populated two chassis. They are securing a contract to edit video for a new series with a streaming service and will need to expand again within three years.Refer to the following requirements:XFM 150W (each)EC chassis: 2,300WEX chassis: 1,600W What should an architect recommend for the physical environment and power requirements?

An organization is migrating their 1200 VMware VMs to the AWS cloud within seven months. All of the VMs are running VMware File System (VMFS). The organization’s 3PB of data, including boot volumes, is currently stored on Pure FlashArrays in their data center.    The organization has a Direct Connect with AWS to a local region with 10ms of roundtrip latency and has configured multiple Cloud Block Store (CBS) arrays in that region.   What is a valid storage migration design to accomplish this in the time required?

A company wants to enable NVMe/TCP on their FlashArray. Each controller currently has a 4-port 25Gb NIC installed, with two ports already being utilized for iSCSI connectivity. What is the MOST cost-effective way an architect could enable the NVMe/TCP while maintaining iSCSI connectivity?

An architect is designing a Fibre Channel storage network for a FlashArray. It is important that during events, such as a controller reboot, hosts do NOT suffer from permanent path loss. Which action should the architect take to meet this requirement?

An organization has audit requirements to track all of the login events to their FlashBlade. Which monitoring protocol should be used to capture these events?

A pottery product is considering the addition of a new plant to absorb the backlog of demand that now exists. The primary location being considered will have fixed costs of $12,000 per month and variable costs of $3.00 per unit produced. Each item is sold to the retailer at a price that averages $7.00.What volume per month is required to break even?                              TC = FC + v* Q      TR = R*Q    Profit = TR – TC

An architect is planning a migration of multiple Microsoft SQL servers configured as a Windows Failover Cluster from an outside appliance to their FlashArray. The failover cluster is extensively using Microsoft Windows Shadow Copy Service for management of backups and recoverability. Which Pure Storage integration will provide the MOST consistency for the cluster?

A storage engineer has a pair of FlashArrays configured with ActiveDR and has created a new volume.   Which step should the engineer take to replicate the volume using ActiveDR?