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A European Sports TV network is considering Isilon for their Media Edit Storage for their editing
workloads. They are also considering Isilon for near-line media archiving.
The network receives XDCAM HD footage which is loaded onto their existing Transcoding Storage
platform. New footage that needs to be edited will be transferred from their Transcoding Storage
platform to the proposed Media Edit Storage platform at the rate of ten simultaneous XDCAM HD
files via FTP. Edited files will be transferred back to the Transcoding Storage platform at the rate
of ten simultaneous XDCAM HD files via FTP.
The network currently has 15 Final Cut Pro edit stations, 15 Avid edit stations. Proxy software will
be used to allow Isilon to act as the storage for the Final Cut Pro and Avid media. Three of those
edit stations will be performing content compositing as needed.
The network expects 70 hours of new content per week, and 50 hours of edited content per week.
They intend to keep the new and edited content on the proposed Media Edit Storage as a
performance tier for 30 days. They would like to retain all new and edited footage proposed Media
Edit Storage as a near-line tier for two years.
In addition to the current workloads, the network expects to implement a new Media Asset
Management (MAM) solution and has requested the Isilon cluster be capable of supporting 120
MBps read and 120 MBps write to support the MAM requirements.
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Refer to the exhibit.

Based on the described use of the cluster, which node combination is the appropriate choice for
the customer’s requirements?

Click on the calculator icon. Your customer is moving from a Restaurant/Bar business model to a
Restaurant/Casino business model. You are helping architect the upgrade of a current 4-node
X200 48 TB Isilon cluster, with 65% utilized for their video surveillance operations. They wish to
achieve the following:
–Upgrade from 1280 x 720 resolution, with a 15 days retention policy, to 2048 x 1536 resolution
with a 30 days retention policy.
What is the minimum number of nodes of the same type will you need to add in order to meet the
required changes and not exceed 70% raw capacity?

A potential customer is considering replacing a four year old, Linux-based NFS server with 40TB
of usable capacity. The existing system supports home directories, an internal website, and a
content repository for the customer’s content management system. The customer is concerned
about performance of any new solution because they expect to double workload in the content
management system.
What tools can be used to collect performance data needed to size the new solution?

You have scheduled a meeting with a prospective customer in the Life Sciences vertical market.
Which Isilon features should be presented to them?

Refer to the exhibit.

You are analyzing a customer’s existing Isilon environment using InsightIQ in
order to expand the cluster. When examining the protocol data, you see the output as shown.
What does the data tell you about the workload?

A customer’s cluster contains three X200 (24 GB RAM, 3 TB drives) nodes, and three X400 (48
GB RAM, 1 TB drives) nodes. All nodes are configured in a single pool. All data is protected at
N+2. After upgrading OneFS to 7.0, the Isilon Web interface indicates that files are not fully
protected.
What should be done to correct this situation?

An existing customer has two NAS systems providing NFS storage in their main datacenter – one
is an Isilon cluster and the second is an array from another vendor. Both systems are four years
old, and the customer would like to consolidate the storage into a single solution. According to the
customer, both systems support identical workloads with similar performance and utilization, and
they want the new solution to support 50% performance growth.
Which method can model the workload requirements, and what multiplier will capture the
requirements for the new solution?

A NetApp customer is considering Isilon. They use their filers for UNIX home directories, and
would like to see a suggested configuration that would meet their needs.
What would you do to help size this cluster?

A customer wants to add Unix users to their cluster, and requires that NFS access be faulttolerant. What would you recommend?

You meet a customer for the first time. They explain that their current environment for NAS does
not meet their needs. You want to make sure that Isilon is a good fit for their needs.
What would be a good prequalifying question to ask?