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EMC E20-816 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Dell Technologies (formerly EMC) |
| Exam Name: | Symmetrix Solutions Expert Exam for Technology Architects |
| Exam Number: | E20-816 |
| Exam Duration: | 90-120 |
| Passing Score: | Not publicly disclosed (typically ~60-70% range in Proven Professional exams) |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Choice, Scenario-based Questions |
| Related Certifications: | Dell EMC Proven Professional Information Storage and Management Dell EMC Symmetrix / VMAX Specialist Certifications |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 2 years |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60-70 (approximate, not officially confirmed) |
| Exam Price: | USD $230 (may vary by region) |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Sample Questions: | EMC E20-816 Sample Questions |
| Exam Way: | Computer-based online proctored exam via Pearson VUE |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended: Dell EMC Associate or Specialist-level storage certification and practical experience with Symmetrix/VMAX systems |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.dell.com/en-us/dt/certification.htm |
EMC E20-816 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Storage Provisioning and Management | - Performance and capacity management
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| SRDF and Replication Technologies | - Remote replication operations
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| Troubleshooting and Advanced Concepts | - System diagnostics and error handling
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| Symmetrix / VMAX Architecture Fundamentals | - Symmetrix hardware architecture and components
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EMC Symmetrix Solutions Expert Exam for Technology Architects Sample Questions:
1. A company uses VMware ESXi Servers and Symmetrix VMAX storage arrays. Which EMC Virtual Storage Integrator feature will show an end-to-end mapping of storage resources; from an ESXi LUN all the way to the Symmetrix VMAX volume?
A) Storage Viewer
B) Symmetrix SRA Utilities
C) Storage Pool Management
D) Unified Storage Management
2. Your customer decided to implement FAST VP on a two engine VMAX. The requirement is approximately 1.5TB for the Enterprise Flash Drive Tier. Which drive configuration option provides a balanced backend design with the best performance?
A) sixteen 200GB EFD
B) twenty 100GB EFD
C) twelve 200GB EFD
D) eight 400GB EFD
3. A customer has an environment where one application has a very high, sequential, write-intensive workload. They would like to use Dynamic Cache Partitioning to isolate this workload from the other applications. How should DCP be configured to separate the write-intensive workload from the other applications?
A) Create a smaller dynamic partition for the write-intensive workload and lower the donation age.
B) Create a larger static partition for the write-intensive workload
C) Create a smaller static partition for the write-intensive workload.
D) Create a larger dynamic partition for the write-intensive workload and increase the
donation age.
4. How can a storage administrator restrict storage management access for any host that has not been granted explicit symacl rights?
A) Implement Symmetrix Array Authorization (symauth).
B) Restrict gatekeeper masking to only management hosts.
C) Unmap the access logix database device from all non management FAs.
D) Remove default permissions from UnknwGrp access group.
5. A customer plans to deploy Oracle on their new EMC VMAX. They are concerned about the performance of the redo log files. You recommend isolating these files to their own set of disks and deploying them on striped metavolumes. Why would you recommend striped metavolumes?
A) The write-pending limit is higher
B) Random-read response is improved
C) Spindle queue depth is increased
D) Actuator contention is reduced
Solutions:
| Question # 1 Answer: A | Question # 2 Answer: A | Question # 3 Answer: C | Question # 4 Answer: D | Question # 5 Answer: A |
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