EMC DES-1D12 Actual Free Exam Questions & Community Discussion

Exam Code/Number: DES-1D12
Exam Name/Title: Specialist - Technology Architect, Midrange Storage Solutions Exam
Certification Provider: EMC
Corresponding Certification: EMC DCS-TA

Exam Questions: 152
Updated On: May 30, 2026

Question #40

Which Dell PowerStore migration method is recommended to remediate an out of space condition?

A. Live Migrate

B. Assisted Migration

C. Migrate

D. Auto Placement

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #41

A customer is managing a Dell EMC SC7020 array running SCOS 7.2. The array is running out of capacity. The customer asks you to begin scoping the system for additional drives. What disk drive redundancy rule applies to 3.84 TB SSDs?

A. Forced Dual Redundancy

B. Default Dual Redundancy

C. Forced Non-Redundancy

D. Default Single Redundancy

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #42

At what granularity are blocks deduplicated on a Dell EMC PowerStore array?

A. 4 KB

B. 64 KB

C. 32 KB

D. 8 KB

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

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Question #43

What is the recommended option when configuring Dell EMC PowerStore nodes for High Availability?

A. Active/Passive with AULA

B. Synchronous Replication

C. Active/Passive

D. Active/Active

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #44

A customer site has four NAS servers participating in MetroSync replication. Which Dell EMC Unity feature could reduce failover times?

A. Cabinet Failover

B. SRDF Metro

C. Consistency Groups

D. QoS Failover Policy

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #45

An administrator wants to use NAS Server Mobility to move a NAS server from SPA to SPB on a Dell Unity system What consideration must they be aware of?

A. DNS configuration will be lost after the move

B. Any replication sessions must be in a paused state before starting the move

C. The system must be in service mode to complete the move

D. NAS Server Mobility is no longer supported following a software update

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #46

A database volume on a Dell PowerStore cluster has a Protection Policy that is applied with a single snapshot rule The policy takes a snapshot every hour and retains them for 48 hours The storage administrator must present a copy of the database volume to a test environment Which action does the storage administrator take to meet this requirement?

A. Create a thin clone of the database volume and map it to the test host

B. Restore the snapshot to a new test volume

C. Create a snapshot of the database volume and map it to the test host

D. Create a new snapshot policy for the test volume

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #47

Which describes cascade replication on a Dell Unity XT?

A. Synchronous replication of a file resource from Sites A to B. then B to C then C to D

B. Asynchronous replication of a file resource from Sites A to B then B to C. then C to D

C. Asynchronous replication of a block resource from Sites A to B then B to C then C to D

D. Synchronous replication of a block resource from Sites A to B. then B to C. then C to D

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #48

What is a characteristic of tenant traffic on a Dell EMC Unity array?

A. Separated by one associated VLAN providing data separation with increasing security at the Linux Kernel layer

B. Separated by the associated subnet at the Linux Kernel layer

C. Separated by the associated subnet providing data separation with increasing security at the network layer

D. Separated by the associated VLANs at the Linux Kernel layer

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #49

You are sizing a new Dell EMC SC Series array. Upon analyzing the Live Optics report, you find the current system has a peak throughput of 4687 MB.
What is the minimum number of 10Gb iSCSI front-end ports required to meet the throughput needs?

A. 10

B. 12

C. 16

D. 8

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #50

When a remove replication operation is performed on a Dell EMC PowerStore array, what happens to the destination storage resource?

A. Stays in read/write mode

B. Stays in read-only mode

C. Is deleted

D. Taken offline

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

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Question #51

What initiates an automatic NAS server failover to the peer SP?

A. Network link failure

B. Assisted internal migration

C. Resource balancing algorithm

D. SP hardware fault

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #52

What is a benefit of restoring data from a Dell EMC Unity snapshot?

A. Can select which Consistency Group members have data restored

B. Does not require additional pool storage

C. Supports replication to up to 32 remote systems

D. Enables efficient storage usage with 8 KB block granularity

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

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