NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer – ONTAP v5 — Question 23

As part of a hybrid cloud strategy, you are planning on deploying some of your workloads in Google Cloud. Your current infrastructure consists of an ONTAP 9.8 cluster serving LUNs to database servers using the FC protocol.
In this scenario, which method would enable you to transfer your data to the cloud, and begin working with it?

Answer options

• A. Create a SnapMirror relationship to a Cloud Volumes ONTAP system, and serve the data using FCoE.
• B. Use the NetApp Cloud Sync service to replicate the data to Cloud Volumes Service in Google Cloud.
• C. Create a SnapMirror relationship to a Cloud Volumes ONTAP system, and serve the data using iSCSI.
• D. Create a SnapMirror Cloud relationship from ONTAP to Google Cloud Standard storage.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Option C is correct because creating a SnapMirror relationship to a Cloud Volumes ONTAP system allows for efficient data transfer while serving it through iSCSI, which is compatible with your existing infrastructure. Option A is incorrect because FCoE is not the appropriate protocol for serving data in this scenario. Option B does not fit the requirement of a SnapMirror relationship, and option D does not leverage the specific ONTAP capabilities needed for this setup.