DELL EMC D-PSC-DS-23 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: D-PSC-DS-23
- Exam Name: Dell PowerScale Design 2023 Exam
- Certification Provider: DELL EMC
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
What is the minimum size and the maximum size, respectively, of a single pre-Gen 6 node pool?
- A . 4 and 288
- B . 4 and 144
- C . 3 and 288
- D . 3 and 144
Which type(s) of data is predominately associated with home directories and file shares?
- A . E-mail files, PPT, Word documents
- B . Oracle directories
- C . SQL database files
- D . XML data
How is data moved to the cloud using the CloudPools software module?
- A . Files are divided into 1 MB objects and stored in the cloud, leaving small stub files on the Isilon cluster
- B . Files are divided into 1 MB objects and transferred over NDMP to the cloud service, leaving database entries on the Isilon cluster
- C . Data is transferred to cloud services and encoded based on the cloud configuration, leaving small stub files on the Isilon cluster
- D . Data is transferred to cloud services based on CloudPools policy settings, leaving nothing on the Isilon cluster
You have received a critical task that requires immediate analysis of system performance. Captured data will later be processed by MiTrend, but a current assessment is not available.
Which utility will quickly provide IOPS associated with reads and writes, CPU utilization, and I/O scheduler wait time?
- A . Wireshark
- B . tcpdump
- C . iostat
- D . NFSstat
During a write process in OneFS 8.0, from which cache are blocks copied to disk?
- A . L3
- B . L2
- C . Endurant
- D . L1
An eight node F900 PowerScale cluster running OneFS 9.4.0 has a dedicated subnet and IP pool for SMB data traffic. SmartConnect Advanced license is applied. The SMB IP pool consists of LACP aggregated 100 GbE interfaces from all the nodes.
What is the maximum number of SmartConnect Service IPs recommended for the SMB subnet?
- A . 8
- B . 1
- C . 4
- D . 6
Where does Endurant Cache stage its write cache?
- A . SSD
- B . DISK
- C . NVRAM
- D . DRAM
A customer has a requirement for a new solution to handle their growing storage requirements. The solution should have the ability to cover storage needs for the next three years.
The environment consists of 100 TBs of file system data spread across five file systems. On average, the file systems grow 1 TB a month. In addition, they have a large VMware cluster supporting 200 VMs and a highly transactional database.
The customer wants the solution to offer good performance, scalability, manageability, and be cost-effective. The sales team is looking to you to recommend a solution.
Which recommendation will meet the customer’s requirements?
- A . VNX for DB and VMware workloads, and Isilon for file system data
- B . Isilon scale-out and cluster as required
- C . VNX Unified platform with FAST Cache
- D . VMAX with FAST VP and a NAS Gateway
A company currently has multiple fileservers to provide home directories for its employees. Each department has a separate fileserver.
Most corporate users are on Windows clients and utilize Active Directory, except for the Engineering department, which uses Linux and NIS for authentication. The company is looking for a solution with minimal administrative overhead and a single namespace for the home directories.
What is the recommended solution that will meet this company’s requirements?
- A . Configure a single Isilon cluster and utilize Access Zones for authentication to Active Directory and NIS.
- B . Configure two separate clusters, one for Windows clients and the other for Linux.
- C . Utilize SmartPools to create two different FilePools, and separate Windows users from Linux users.
- D . Configure a single cluster, and migrate Linux users to Windows.
What is a consideration when designing access zones?
- A . Authentication providers are restricted to one specific zone
- B . UID/GID ranges should not overlap for providers in the same zone
- C . Access zones cannot overlap the same directories
- D . Share names must be unique between different access zones