NetApp NS0-604 Hybrid Cloud - Architect Exam Practice Test

Answer : B, D

NetApp BlueXP (formerly Cloud Manager) provides a comprehensive backup and recovery solution that supports various data sources. For customers looking to back up their on-premises data to Microsoft Azure Blob storage, the following data sources are supported:

NetApp ONTAP Volume Data: BlueXP backup and recovery can efficiently back up volumes created on NetApp ONTAP systems. This is a primary use case, ensuring that on-premises ONTAP environments can be backed up securely to cloud storage like Azure Blob, which offers scalability and cost-efficiency.

NetApp ONTAP S3 Data: NetApp ONTAP supports object storage using the S3 protocol, and BlueXP can back up these S3 buckets to cloud storage as well. This allows for a seamless backup of object-based workloads from ONTAP systems to Azure Blob.

Microsoft SQL Server and Azure Stack are not directly supported by NetApp BlueXP backup and recovery, as it focuses specifically on ONTAP environments and data sources.

Answer : C

The Notification Center within NetApp BlueXP is the primary tool used to monitor operations and activities performed by the platform. It provides real-time updates and alerts about tasks, performance issues, and general operational statuses. This central hub helps administrators track the ongoing processes and health of the system, including tasks like data replication, backups, and other key operational events.

While NetApp Cloud Insights (A) provides infrastructure monitoring and analytics, it is not specifically focused on the operational monitoring of NetApp BlueXP activities. NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager (B) focuses more on managing ONTAP environments but not directly on BlueXP operations. NetApp BlueXP digital advisor (D) offers recommendations and insights, but it is not primarily a monitoring tool.

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Answer : A

NetApp StorageGRID provides high availability (HA) by leveraging several key technologies, and one of the primary benefits in an HA environment is the use of virtual IP addresses (VIPs). In a high-availability configuration, StorageGRID uses VIPs to ensure continuous access to the service, even if one of the StorageGRID nodes becomes unavailable.

By using VIPs, StorageGRID ensures that requests to the system can be dynamically rerouted to an available node, providing seamless failover and reducing downtime in the case of node failures. This ensures that clients continue to connect without disruptions, contributing to the overall resilience and availability of the environment.

While options like zero data loss (B) are important, they are not guaranteed in every failover scenario without a well-designed backup or data replication system. Focusing on data retrieval speed (C) or single-instance redundancy (D) doesn't directly pertain to how NetApp StorageGRID handles high availability.

Answer : A, D

For a company looking to create a flexible, cloud-based solution that consolidates data and shares files globally while caching a subset in distributed locations, the following two components are required:

NetApp BlueXP edge caching Edge instances (A): This enables customers to create edge caches in distributed locations. The edge instances cache frequently accessed data locally, while the full data set remains in the central cloud storage. This setup optimizes performance for remote locations by reducing latency for cached data and improving access speeds.

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP (D): Cloud Volumes ONTAP provides scalable and efficient cloud storage management for the customer's data. It supports global file sharing and allows for seamless integration with edge caching solutions. This component ensures that the data is centralized in the cloud and is available for caching to distributed locations using edge instances.

Flash Cache intelligent caching (B) is more relevant for on-premises storage performance rather than cloud-based solutions, and BlueXP copy and sync (C) is used for data migration or synchronization, but does not provide global file sharing or edge caching capabilities.

Answer : B

To add personal data identifiers from an Oracle database to NetApp BlueXP classification scans, the customer should use custom categories. Custom categories allow the user to define specific types of data (such as personal identifiers) for classification, helping BlueXP to scan and detect those specific data types within the environment.

RegEx (A) can be used for pattern matching but would require the user to manually define regular expressions, while custom keywords (D) and Data Fusion (C) are not the appropriate mechanisms for this specific use case of adding personal data identifiers to the scans. Custom categories are specifically designed for managing such identifiers.

Answer : C

The customer is using 30TB of capacity in NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP but only 10TB of this capacity is actively in use. The most cost-efficient solution in this case is to implement data tiering and optimization. Data tiering moves inactive or cold data to lower-cost storage (such as object storage in Azure), while keeping frequently accessed data on higher-performance storage. This strategy allows the customer to reduce costs by only paying for premium storage for the data that is actively in use, while moving less frequently accessed data to a cheaper storage tier.

Storing all data in the premium storage tier (A) would increase costs rather than reduce them. BlueXP backup and recovery (B) is for data protection, not cost optimization. Deploying an additional single-node Cloud Volumes ONTAP instance (D) would increase storage costs rather than optimize them.

Answer : A

When migrating an application with SAN storage from on-premises to Azure, and requiring iSCSI connectivity, the correct solution is Cloud Volumes ONTAP. Cloud Volumes ONTAP provides a flexible storage solution in the cloud, supporting block-based storage protocols like iSCSI, which is ideal for SAN environments. It allows for seamless integration with existing infrastructure while providing enterprise-class data management features in the cloud.

StorageGRID (B) is an object storage solution, Global File Cache (C) is for file-based caching, and Azure NetApp Files (D) is focused on NFS and SMB file protocols, not iSCSI.