CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) — Question 52

A storage administrator is reviewing the storage consumption of a SAN appliance that is running a VDI environment. Which of the following features should the administrator implement to BEST reduce the storage consumption of the SAN?

Answer options

• A. Deduplication
• B. Thick provisioning
• C. Compression
• D. SDS

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Deduplication is the process of eliminating duplicate copies of data, which is particularly effective in VDI environments where many virtual machines share the same base images. Thick provisioning, on the other hand, allocates the full amount of storage upfront, leading to greater consumption. Compression reduces the size of data but may not be as effective as deduplication in environments with redundant data. SDS (Software-Defined Storage) is an architectural approach rather than a specific feature aimed at reducing storage consumption.