Free Pure Storage FAAA_005 Practice Exams

Question #1

Which Evergreen//Forever benefit allows a customer to trade in an existing 12 TB shelf for a new 60 TB shelf while only paying for a 48 TB increase?

A . Capacity Consolidation
B . Flat is Fair Maintenance
C . Right-Size Guarantee
D . Love Your Storage

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Question #2

A cost-conscious customer at a small regional hospital is running a PACS image archive on an NL-disk array.

The customer has the following requirements:

• More than 1 PB of storage

• Latency is not a concern

• Customer user shares must be on the same array

Which solution will meet the customer’s needs?

A . FlashArray//X
B . FlashArray//XL
C . FlashArray//C

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Question #3

A customer has two data centers: one in North America and one in England. The customer wants to replicate their production data across data centers, with as low an RPO as possible.

What Pure Storage feature meets their requirements?

A . ActiveCluster
B . ActiveDR
C . Asynchronous snapshot replication

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Question #4

A customer is in the very early stages of designing a storage solution at a greenfield site.

They wish to use NVMe-TCP connectivity and require approximately:

• 100 Gbps of consistent raw network throughput between the FlashArray and the dedicated SAN switches.

• The dedicated SAN switches support up to 25 Gbps connectivity.

What is the minimum number of Ethernet ports in total they should connect from the FlashArray to the SAN switches while still ensuring resiliency?

A . 8
B . 2
C . 4
D . 16

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Question #5

What causes a disruption to Pure FlashArray stateless controller operations or performance, if there is a single array?

A . Replacing a controller 10 module
B . Physically relocating an array
C . Moving from a SAS- to NVMe-based shelf
D . Upgrade Purity//FA code

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Question #6

What allows for array upgrades without any degradation in performance?

A . ActiveCluster
B . Non-disruptive upgrades
C . Right-Size Guarantee
D . Protection groups

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Question #7

What is the minimally required FlashArray model that includes the DirectCompress Accelerator (DCA)?

A . FlashArray//X70 R4
B . FlashArray//X70 R3
C . FlashArray//X90 R4
D . FlashArray//XL130

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Question #8

Which Pure Storage offering can be deployed in AWS?

A . ObjectEngine
B . Cloud Block Store
C . CloudSnap

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Question #9

A customer is reviewing their disaster recovery strategy and want to replicate their data to a secondary datacenter. They have stated that they have internal SLAs around RPO and RTO that they are not currently meeting.

Which two FlashArray features should the SE focus on? (Choose two.)

A . FlashRecover
B . ActiveCluster
C . CloudSnap
D . ActiveDR

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Correct Answer: A, D
A, D

Explanation:

The customer is reviewing their disaster recovery (DR) strategy and wants to replicate data to a secondary datacenter while addressing internal SLAs for RPO (Recovery Point Objective) and RTO (Recovery Time Objective). To meet these requirements, the SE should focus on two key Pure Storage FlashArray features: FlashRecover and ActiveDR.

Why These Features?

FlashRecover:

FlashRecover is a snapshot-based replication feature that allows efficient point-in-time copies of data to be replicated to a secondary site.

It helps achieve low RPOs by enabling frequent snapshots and replication to the DR site. This ensures minimal data loss in the event of a failure. ActiveDR:

ActiveDR is a disaster recovery solution that provides asynchronous replication between two FlashArrays.

It is specifically designed to minimize RTO by enabling fast failover and failback capabilities.

ActiveDR ensures that the secondary site is always ready to take over with minimal downtime, meeting strict RTO requirements.

Why Not the Other Options?

B. ActiveCluster:

ActiveCluster is a synchronous replication solution for high availability across two sites. While it provides zero RPO and near-zero RTO, it requires both sites to be within synchronous distance (typically <10ms latency). Since the customer is replicating to a secondary datacenter (likely farther away), ActiveCluster is not suitable.

C. CloudSnap:

CloudSnap is a feature that offloads snapshots to cloud storage (e.g., AWS S3 or Azure Blob). While it is useful for backup and archival purposes, it does not provide the real-time replication and failover capabilities needed for DR with strict RPO and RTO SLAs.

Key Points:

FlashRecover: Enables efficient replication with low RPOs through snapshot-based replication.

ActiveDR: Provides asynchronous replication with fast failover and failback capabilities to meet RTO requirements.

SLA Alignment: Both features are designed to help customers meet their internal SLAs for RPO and RTO.

Reference: Pure Storage FlashArray Documentation: "Disaster Recovery with FlashRecover and ActiveDR"

Pure Storage Whitepaper: "Meeting RPO and RTO Requirements with FlashArray"

Pure Storage Knowledge Base: "Best Practices for Disaster Recovery Planning"

Question #10

Which two features are specific to the Evergreen//Forever Program and are NOT included with Evergreen//Foundation? (Choose two.)

A . Controller Upgrades
B . Pro Deployment
C . Capacity Consolidation
D . Upgrade Always

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