VMware vSphere 8.x Professional — Question 96

An administrator has configured Storage I/O Control (SIOC) on a Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) datastore.
• The datastore supports 30,000 IOPS
• Storage I/O Control has been set to manual
• Storage I/O Control is triggered when latency hits 30 ms
• The datastore contains 3 virtual machines (VMs)
1. A gold tier VM
2. A silver tier VM
3. A bronze tier VM

Assuming the datastore latency does not exceed 29ms, what is the maximum number of IOPS the bronze tier VM is entitled to?

Answer options

• A. 30,000
• B. 20,000
• C. 10,000
• D. 5,000

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The bronze tier VM is entitled to the maximum IOPS since the datastore latency does not exceed the threshold of 30 ms, meaning SIOC is not activated. Therefore, all VMs can utilize the full 30,000 IOPS capacity of the datastore. The other options represent IOPS limits that would only apply if SIOC were triggered.