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question 1

Multiple Choice

Click the Exhibit button. The customer configuration shown in the exhibit is not meeting the throughput needs of a newly installed application. The application's I/O profile consists of 100% 4 kilobyte reads and all servers require a sustained bandwidth of 150 MBps. Which location within the configuration presents a performance bottleneck?

• A) Links between hosts and Switch A
• B) Inter-switch link between Switch A and Switch B
• C) Inter-switch link between Switch B and Switch C
• D) Links between Switch C and storage subsystem

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