Deploying VMFS: Storage Technologies for VMware vSphere 7.x

Storage Technologies for Deploying VMFS

Question

Which two storage technologies can an administrator use to deploy the Virtual Machine File System (VMFS)? (Choose two.)

Answers

Explanations

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A. B. C. D. E.

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The Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) is a clustered file system designed to store virtual machine disks and configuration files on shared storage devices. VMware vSphere supports a variety of storage technologies that an administrator can use to deploy VMFS, including the following:

  1. Fibre Channel storage: Fibre Channel is a high-speed storage networking technology that allows multiple servers to access shared storage devices. Fibre Channel storage is commonly used in large data centers to provide high-performance storage to mission-critical applications.

  2. vSAN storage: VMware vSAN is a software-defined storage solution that allows administrators to create a shared storage pool using the local disks of multiple vSphere hosts. vSAN provides high availability, scalability, and performance and can be used to deploy VMFS.

  3. Virtual Volumes storage: Virtual Volumes (vVols) is a storage virtualization technology that allows virtual machines to access storage resources on a per-virtual-machine basis. vVols provide granular control over storage resources and enable administrators to apply policies to individual virtual machines.

  4. NFS storage: Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol that allows remote servers to access files over a network. NFS storage can be used to deploy VMFS and is commonly used in smaller data centers.

  5. iSCSI storage: Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) is a storage networking technology that allows servers to access storage devices over an IP network. iSCSI storage is commonly used in small and medium-sized data centers and is a popular choice for deploying VMFS.

Therefore, the correct answers are A. Fibre Channel storage and E. iSCSI storage.