Dell EMC Exam E20-526 Topic 10 Question 50 Discussion

Actual exam question for Dell EMC's E20-526 exam

Question #: 50
Topic #: 10

A storage administrator wants to re-use some of their XtremIO thin provisioned disks attached to a Microsoft Windows 2012 host. However, the administrator notices that ''Quick Format'' of the drives is taking a long time to complete. This has an impact on the overall performance.

What should be recommended to minimize the performance impact?

ADisable the I/O elevator feature on the Windows host while formatting

BTemporarily disable the UNMAP feature on the Windows host during formatting

CAdjust the execution throttle value on the Windows host

DChange the disk format to thick provisioned

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Suggested Answer: B

It is related to TRIM/UNMAP, which is enabled per default in Server 2012(R2).

References:https://serverfault.com/questions/679211/quick-format-of-lun-in-server-2012r2-hosted-on-a-thin-provisioned-san-vol-take

by Evangelina at Jul 21, 2022, 04:58 AM

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