A customer plans to move a performance-sensitive application to a new EMC VNX with all SAS
drives. The application will reside on an NFS export, and the customer requires the file system
provide consistent performance. The customer also needs to create additional CIFS shares,
which do not share the same performance requirement.
How should both sets of file systems be created?

A customer has an EMC VNX dedicated to an SQL Server environment. They report performance
issues. You notice there is frequent forced flushing on the VNX. What action can they take to
correct this without adversely affecting performance?

A customer wants to implement a DR solution on two VNX for File located at a primary and a
backup site. They have three VDMs, each with a CIFS file system providing shares for sales,
finance and marketing. What must be configured for a successful failover?

You implement FAST VP on an existing EMC VNX. The Extreme Performance pool holds 5% of
usable storage, the Performance pool holds 20%, and the Capacity pool holds 75%. The Tiering
Policy is set to Auto.
The attached hosts run several applications. Some applications access data frequently, while
others are write-once read-never. Twenty minutes after tiering is started, the customer reports
there is no performance improvement. How should you respond?

A customer is choosing which drives will be used for their SavVol. What are the characteristics of
SavVol?

What is the default file system type when creating a File System on a VNX?

A customer plans a DR test for their CIFS DR solution using EMC VNX. The customer needs to
confirm users will be able to access data at the DR site in the event of a source site disaster. The
VNX at the source site will not be shut down during the DR test. The customer asks how they
should proceed. What do you advise the customer?

A customer plans to implement shared vSphere datastores using the NFS protocol in their
environment. Their VMware support staff has concerns about their administration of these
datastores. What features of vSphere v5 would you discuss with them to address their concerns?

A customer has the following virtualized environment:

One EMC VNX providing thin LUNs to a VMware ESX v4.0 host
Five VMs running critical OLTP systems supported by one or more databases.
The customer previously experienced some out-of-space conditions due to VMDK
oversubscription. You recommend they upgrade their virtual environment to vSphere v5.0 to
benefit from its VAAI features.
Which VAAI primitive addresses their issue?

A customer has an ESX 5.0 environment attached to an EMC VNX with VAAI enabled. They
would like to Storage vMotion a guest host to another datastore. How does enabling VAAI on the
VNX benefit Storage VMotion?