A VNX for File administrator is implementing SnapSure for backup staging. The
administrator is concerned that this solution might affect the Production File Systems (PFS).
You are asked to describe the possible performance impact of SnapSure checkpoints on the
PFS. How would you respond?

A customer is using a virtualized environment with a large number of NFS datastores
presented from a VNX system. They are experiencing more than expected network traffic on
their datastore networks. According to EMC best practices, what recommendation should
you make to your customer?

A customer with a virtualized environment has asked you to architect a new VNX storage
solution utilizing their many NFS datastores. They are also deploying a new Cisco Unified
Computing System as their compute base. However, they believe that virtualizing their
critical servers may cause network performance concerns because these servers have a
very high transaction rate with a CPU bound application. How would you respond to your
customer’s concerns?

Your customer is reporting less than optimal performance for their online payment
processing application. The payment processing application is running on a Windows Server
cluster with the back-end Oracle databases running on Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL). Both
the application and database environments have been presented storage from the
customer’s VNX solution. Which tool is best suited to identify database performance issues?

A customer wants to mark an Incremental SAN Copy Session at 12:00 UTC, and start the
transfer of data at 20:00 UTC. Their data access pattern consists of small block I/O, with
around 80% reads.
Which statement correctly identifies the performance impact on their environment?

Exchange 2010 is being implemented on a pair of VNX storage arrays. There will be a
production site and a DR site, each with two servers and one VNX storage array. EMC
RecoverPoint will handle the remote replication between the sites.
Which is a valid architecture?

A customer is implementing a VNX for File solution in a performance-oriented application
environment. There are Windows and Linux VM clients accessing the file systems. The
customer wants to track both file system and DataMover utilization. The Performance
Administrator prefers GUI to CLI access.
What would you recommend?

Your customer is reporting less than optimal performance for their online payment
processing application. The payment processing application is running on a Windows Server
cluster with the back-end Oracle databases running on Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL). Both
the application and database environments have been presented storage from the
customer’s VNX solution.
Which tool is best suited to identify performance issues on the application servers?

If an SP fails within a VNX system, how many drives can the surviving SP address at the
same time if array ports 0 and 2 are used?

Your customer has a Microsoft SQL installation on a VMware guest Windows 2003 Server
using RDM. The ESXi server uses a VNX system.
What would you recommend to your customer to avoid misalignment between a partition
used by the Windows 2003 Server and the underlying physical disk?