HCI Fundamentals

10 questions and answers on HCI Fundamentals...

Image: First-Generation HCI Compromises

Q1: What are two compromises of the first-generation hyper converged infrastructure (HCI)? (Choose two.)

a. faster response time

b. a single vendor for hardware

c. codifying business processes

d. simplicity

ANSWER: a & d

Q2: Which two phrases best describe HCI? (Choose two.)

a. commodity hardware

b. multiple vendor support

c. software-centric architecture

d. loosely integrated resources

ANSWER: a & c

Image: How Converged Infrastructures Work

Q3: What are two characteristics of converged infrastructures? (Choose two.)

a. single vendor support

b. localized single resource pool

c. server and storage components in separate appliances

d. involves deduplication and optimization of data

ANSWER: a & b

Q4: What are two characteristics of a hyper converged infrastructure (HCI)? (Choose two.)

a. multiple points of administration

b. all data center resources in one resource stack

c. high TCO caused by data inefficiency

d. data architecture begins with deduplication

ANSWER: b & d

Q5: What infrastructure would you choose if your business objective was to manage sites remotely?

a. hyper converged infrastructure (HCI)

b. converged infrastructure

c. traditional data center

ANSWER: a

Image: Potential HCI Applications

Q6: What are two possible applications for hyper converged infrastructures (HCIs)? (Choose two.)

a. distributing servers and data center

b. consolidating large-scale workloads

c. creating a heardware-centric infrastructure

d. managing sites remotely

ANSWER: b & d

Image: HCI Value-Add for Business

Q7: Which two benefits does a hyper converged infrastructure (HCI) provide to business? (Choose two.)

a. enhanced agility

b. more effective use of expert resources

c. more resources needed for deployment

d. automated structures with hardware from different manufacturers

ANSWER: a & b

Q8: Which action can businesses take to enable transformation from a traditional data center to a hyper converged infrastructure (HCI)?

a. embrace all of the hardware consumption models they have available

b. replace virtualization with hardware from a single vendor

c. replace the functionality of software with hardware

d. move to the public cloud

ANSWER: a

Q9: Which two characteristics make hyper converged infrastructures (HCIs) possible? (Choose two.)

a. decreased horsepower of the latest enterprise servers

b. improved performance of flash storage

c. hardware-centric data centers

d. expanded use of flash into the data center

ANSWER: b & d

Q10: Which two models are consumption models in the next-generation consumption spectrum...? (Choose two.)

a. software-defined

b. as a service

c. traditional

d. bespoke hardware

ANSWER: a & b