EMC Proven Professional – PowerMax Specialist — Question 107

A storage administrator has purchased a UnityVSA and asks your recommendation on how to provision the storage to their ESXi host. Based on Dell EMC best practices, what should you recommend?

Answer options

• A. Thick Provisioned
• B. Thick Provision Eager Zeroed
• C. Thin Provisioned
• D. Thin Provisioned Eager Zeroed

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct choice, Thick Provision Eager Zeroed, is recommended because it pre-allocates all the storage and ensures that all blocks are zeroed out, which can enhance performance for certain workloads. Thick Provisioned and Thin Provisioned options do not guarantee the same performance benefits in all scenarios, while Thin Provisioned Eager Zeroed can introduce additional overhead.