A user cannot save a 2 GB file to a file server.
A technician determines that permissions are correct and the file system has 10 MB of available space for new files.
The technician wants to enable compression as a short-term fix.
Which of the following should the technician do FIRST?
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A. B. C. D.A.
The correct answer is A. Free enough disk space to hold the largest file's uncompressed size.
Explanation:
In this scenario, the user is unable to save a 2 GB file to a file server, and the technician determines that the file system has only 10 MB of available space for new files. Therefore, the first step the technician should take to enable compression as a short-term fix is to free enough disk space to hold the largest file's uncompressed size.
Compression is a technique that can help reduce the size of files by removing redundant data and encoding data more efficiently. However, in order to compress a file, the file must first be uncompressed, which requires free disk space equal to the size of the uncompressed file.
Therefore, before compression can be enabled as a short-term fix, the technician must first free up enough disk space to hold the largest file's uncompressed size. This can be achieved by deleting unnecessary files or moving files to another storage location.
Decreasing the amount of system CPU and memory requirements (option B) would not address the issue of insufficient disk space and would not enable compression.
Encrypting the file system on the server (option C) would not address the issue of insufficient disk space and would not enable compression.
Installing enough memory to hold the largest file's uncompressed size (option D) would not address the issue of insufficient disk space and would not enable compression. Additionally, increasing memory would not necessarily increase available disk space.