VMware vSphere 7.x Advanced Design (VCAP-DCV Design 2021) — Question 13

An architect is designing a VMware software-defined data center (SDDC) solution based on the following customer requirements:
✑ The solution must initially support 1,000 virtual machines
✑ The solution must scale to support the concurrent running of up to 5,000 virtual machines
✑ The production environment should be delivered across two data centers
✑ The solution should have a maximum tolerable downtime (MTD) of four hours
✑ The solution should have a monthly service availability target of 99.8%
Which two assumptions could the architect make based on the information from the customer to help size the solution? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. The number of vSphere hosts in a cluster
• B. The average resource utilization of a virtual machine
• C. The size (CPU/RAM/storage) of the average virtual machine
• D. The guest operating system for each virtual machine
• E. The size (CPU/RAM/storage) of the vSphere hosts

Correct answer: B, C

Explanation

The correct answers, B and C, focus on understanding the average resource utilization and size of virtual machines, which are crucial for sizing the infrastructure to meet the customer's scalability and performance needs. Options A, D, and E are less relevant since the specific number of hosts, guest OS, and host specifications do not directly inform the sizing based on the given customer requirements.