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
A large retail customer is using their PowerScale Gen6 cluster to store receipts. The resulting workflow data consists of only small files.
What configuration change is recommended for this environment to reduce CPU overhead?
- A . Set the requested protection level as mirrored protection.
- B . Increase the L2 cache on every node in the cluster.
- C . Set the requested protection level higher than the default.
- D . Decrease the L3 cache on every node in the cluster.
Which three external authentication providers can be configured with Dell PowerScale?
(Select 3)
- A . NIS
- B . AD
- C . LDAP
- D . SAML
- E . OAuth
What must be configured on a PowerScale in order to store only the customer presentation PPT and PDF files on the cluster and the external repository?
- A . Enable file filtering on the share repository, denying access to PDF and PPT file extensions.
- B . Enable file filtering on the share repository, allowing only write PDF and PPT file extensions.
- C . Enable file filtering only on the share repository, allowing only read-only PDF and PPT file extensions.
- D . Enable file filtering only on the share repository, denying access to PDF and PPT file extensions.
A Media and Entertainment company is considering changing from 2K resolution to 4K resolution. They will continue to use the DNxHD 220 codec.
Assuming everything else stays the same, how will this change affect storage?
- A . Storage will be half as large
- B . Storage requirements will not change
- C . Storage will be twice as large
- D . Storage will be four times as large
What method does the MediaScan job leverage to locate and clear media-level errors?
- A . MD5
- B . FEC
- C . SHA256
- D . CRC
You get a call from a customer that has just added 200 user connections to the cluster. They want to know how fast they are writing data with these new users.
What tool would you use to gather this information?
- A . InsightIQ
- B . Network Monitor
- C . Wireshark
- D . Watch4net
There is a need to carry out a tech refresh of a PowerScale cluster. Old nodes must be removed because they will soon be at end of service life.
What methodology is least disruptive and will retain the file system structure, configuration, data, and DNS information?
- A . Add the new nodes to the cluster and use SmartPools to move the data to the new nodes
- B . Install the new nodes into the cluster and migrate using a host-based utility
- C . Install the new nodes as a new cluster and use SyncIQ to replicate the data to the new nodes
- D . Install new nodes into the cluster and use SyncIQ to replicate the data from the old to the new nodes
A European Sports TV network is considering Isilon for their Media Edit Storage for their editing workloads. They are also considering Isilon for near-line media archiving.
The network receives XDCAM HD footage which is loaded onto their existing Transcoding Storage platform. New footage that needs to be edited will be transferred from their Transcoding Storage platform to the proposed Media Edit Storage platform at the rate of ten simultaneous XDCAM HD files via FTP. Edited files will be transferred back to the Transcoding Storage platform at the rate of ten simultaneous XDCAM HD files via FTP.
The network currently has 15 Final Cut Pro edit stations, 15 Avid edit stations. Proxy software will be used to allow Isilon to act as the storage for the Final Cut Pro and Avid media. Three of those edit stations will be performing content compositing as needed.
The network expects 70 hours of new content per week, and 50 hours of edited content per week. They intend to keep the new and edited content on the proposed Media Edit Storage as a performance tier for 30 days. They would like to retain all new and edited footage proposed Media Edit Storage as a near-line tier for two years.
In addition to the current workloads, the network expects to implement a new Media Asset Management (MAM) solution and has requested the Isilon cluster be capable of supporting 120 MBps read and 120 MBps write to support the MAM requirements.
The customer wants to be able to put completed content into a non-editable folder. However, they want to give access to an administrator to delete content if required.
What do you recommend to the customer?
- A . SmartLock using Enterprise mode
- B . SmartLock using Compliance mode
- C . WORM using Compliance mode
- D . SyncIQ with read-only mode
Which OneFS feature enables you to host multiple tenants from mutually untrusting AD authentication environments from the same DNS namespace?
- A . SmartConnect
- B . Groupnets
- C . SmartQuotas
- D . Access Zones
A cluster has user quotas that are configured for home directories with hard limits and advisory limits set.
What would be the default setting for calculating user quotas on the cluster?
- A . User data and data protection overhead only
- B . User data, snapshot data, and data protection overhead
- C . User data and snapshot data only
- D . User data only