A Healthcare Services Provider Is Implementing an X-Series Cluster

question 63

Multiple Choice

A healthcare services provider is implementing an X-Series cluster. Currently they have approximately 200 customers and they are growing at 30% per year. They have 200 TB of storage utilized. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations require they keep all patient data for seven (7) years. They would like to keep all genomic sequencing data stored with N+3 protection, not to exceed 75% utilization. What is the minimum initial configuration you would recommend?

• A) 13 X400 nodes; 1 TB drives
• B) 6 X400 nodes; 4 TB drives
• C) 13 X200 nodes; 3 TB drives
• D) 7 X400 nodes; 1 TB drives

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Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be observed directly.

Sensorimotor

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A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children from ages 2 to 7 have increasing mental representation but do not yet understand concrete logic.

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