You Are Asked to Size a Cluster for a File

question 259

Multiple Choice

You are asked to size a cluster for a file sharing environment. nfsstat indicates that no more than 10% of the requests are namespace operations (e.g. GETADDR, SETADDR) . There will be 10,000 active Linux users, connecting over NFS. Which cluster configuration would you recommend?

• A) Ten X200 (27 TB) 48 GB RAM, 600 GB SSD, N+2:1
• B) Five X400 (120 TB) 96 GB RAM, 2.4 TB SSD, N+2
• C) Ten X400 (60 TB) 48 GB RAM, 2.4 TB SSD, N+2:1
• D) Eight X200 (36 TB) 24 GB RAM, no SSD, N+2:1

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