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What was the primary goal of Nutanix when it was founded?
Legacy infrastructure is well suited to meet the growing demands of enterprise applications.
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In what year was Nutanix founded?
2009
Nutanix pioneered the creation of __________ solutions to simplify IT infrastructure.
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Match the following IT environments with their characteristics:
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What advantage does NCI provide compared to traditional infrastructure?
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One of the challenges faced by IT teams is predicting their needs 10 years in advance.
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Name one public cloud service mentioned as a model for enterprise IT teams.
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What technology offers high throughput and fast response times compared to traditional SATA or SAS technology?
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Advanced distributed consistency algorithms only protect against hardware failures.
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What feature does AOS Storage use to recover data instantly to meet RPO and RTO requirements?
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AOS Storage is designed to automatically self-heal in the event of ______ failures.
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Match the following AOS Storage features with their descriptions:
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Which process is used by AOS to maintain data integrity when failures occur?
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AOS Storage requires user intervention during hardware failure recovery.
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What does AOS Storage absorb incoming writes onto?
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What is the primary purpose of a compute-only (CO) node in a Nutanix cluster?
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Storage-only nodes in a Nutanix cluster do not require additional hypervisor licenses.
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Name one data efficiency feature incorporated in AOS Storage.
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A storage-only node allows for the __________ of storage capacity in a Nutanix cluster.
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Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using storage policies?
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Match the following terms with their definitions:
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A single storage policy can manage the attributes of only one entity associated with a category.
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What is the use of storage policies in a Nutanix cluster?
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What is one of the key features of Flow Network Security?
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Flow Network Security manages microsegmentation through a decentralized model.
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What is the impact of microsegmentation on malware spread in a data center?
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Which of the following capabilities does Prism Infrastructure provide?
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Prism's Admin Center allows administrators to manage user roles and authentication.
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Flow Network Security provides extensive visibility into modern application ________.
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How does Security Central assist with Flow Network Security?
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What does LCM stand for in the context of Prism?
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Prism provides access to NCM functionality of __________ and Self-Service.
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Traditional perimeter firewalls are still the most effective method for securing modern applications.
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What benefits does Flow Network Security provide beyond application security?
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Match the following Prism functionalities with their descriptions:
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Match the terms related to Flow Network Security with their descriptions:
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Which feature is NOT part of Prism Infrastructure's capability?
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Prism's Cloud Manager allows users to configure hardware component dashboards.
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Name one task the Admin Center in Prism enables administrators to perform.
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Study Notes
Efficient Management with NCI
- NCI enables organizations to deploy and manage data and applications across data center, edge, and cloud environments efficiently.
- Reduces complexity and cost associated with traditional IT infrastructure, allowing IT to allocate resources to user workload management.
HCI Overview
- Founded in 2009, Nutanix is a leader in hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), simplifying IT and reducing costs.
- Nutanix brought web-scale engineering, used by major tech companies, to the broader market, promoting distributed systems on commodity servers.
Limitations of Legacy Infrastructure
- Traditional infrastructure with separate storage and servers hinders enterprise applications' demands, adding complexity to management and deployment.
- Siloed systems require long-term IT planning (3-5 years), often resulting in guesswork and potentially inaccurate forecasts.
- Vendor lock-in and escalating licensing costs complicate budgeting for enterprise IT teams.
Data Availability and Resiliency
- Advanced distributed consistency algorithms protect data against failures, sustaining data availability.
- AOS Storage offers features like granular automatic self-healing and tunable redundancy to maintain operational integrity.
Data Protection Features
- Metadata-based local snapshots provide instant data recovery, meeting various Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO).
- AOS Storage includes local snapshots and self-service restores for minor incidents, along with Async, NearSync, and Sync replication for major outages.
Performance Enhancements
- AOS Storage supports fast, low-latency storage (e.g., SSDs, NVMe) for better performance and scalability.
- Compute-only (CO) nodes enhance computing capacity without needing additional storage, ideal for workloads like Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
- Storage-only (SO) nodes allow independent scaling of storage capacity without requiring extra hypervisor licenses.
Storage Management
- Storage policies enable easy creation and management of attributes like replication factor, encryption, and QoS for virtual machines and volume groups.
- AOS Storage incorporates technologies such as compression, deduplication, and erasure coding for optimal data efficiency.
Prism Management Capabilities
- Prism Infrastructure facilitates management of cluster components, including VMs, storage, and network elements across registered clusters.
- Admin Center allows inventory management, software updates, and deployment of Nutanix applications for operational efficiency.
Security and Compliance
- Flow Network Security provides robust application security through microsegmentation and centralized policy management to enhance network visibility and compliance.
- Microsegmentation limits inter-application communication to reduce potential malware spread and enhance security at the VM or application level.
Multi-Cloud Security
- Security Central extends Flow Network Security, focusing on microsegmentation and continuous security compliance monitoring across multiple cloud environments, assessing risk posture and planning.
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This quiz focuses on the history and overview of Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI). It highlights the significance of HCI in modern IT by discussing deployment and management of data and applications across various environments. Learn how organizations minimize complexity and costs associated with traditional infrastructure.