Palo Alto Networks System Engineer – Strata — Question 78

A large number of next-generation firewalls (NGFWs), along with Panorama and WildFire have been positioned for a prospective customer. The customer is concerned about storing retrieving and archiving firewall logs and has indicated that logs must be retained for a minimum of 60 days. An additional requirement is ingestion of a maximum of 10,000 logs per second.

What will best meet the customer’s logging requirements?

Answer options

• A. NGFWs that have at least 10TB of internal storage
• B. Appropriately sized NGFW based on use of the POPSICLE tool
• C. Appropriate Data Lake storage determined by using the Data Lake Calculator
• D. A pair of fully populated M-300 storage appliances

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because a Data Lake is designed for large-scale data storage and can efficiently handle the required log retention and ingestion rates. Options A and B do not specifically address the customer's need for long-term log storage and high ingestion rates, while option D suggests a hardware solution that may not be as flexible or scalable as a Data Lake.