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Exam Code/Number: E20-526
Exam Name/Title: Specialist - Technology Architect, XtremIO Solutions and Design Exam
Certification Provider: EMC
Corresponding Certification: EMCTA XtremIO Solutions

Exam Questions: 68
Updated On: May 29, 2026

Question #8

A customer is interested in purchasing XtremIO for their mission critical database applications that require the lowest possible response times. They have two data centers in which they want to introduce All-Flash arrays. However, they need a way to maintain true active/active access to all databases and application LUNs across both sites.
What is the recommended solution to address the requirements?

A. RecoverPoint with XtremIO

B. VPLEX Metro with XtremIO

C. ViPR SRM with XtremIO

D. ViPR Controller with XtremIO

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Question #9

A storage administrator has 20 TB of storage provisioned to their ESXi cluster from a 10 TB
XtremIO storage array. The administrator is concerned about running out of physical capacity on the XtremIO.
Which recommendation will assist the administrator?

A. Thick provisioned eager zero all VM virtual disks

B. Enable VAAI TPSTUN

C. Increase the compression ratio on the XtremIO

D. Disable VAAI XCOPY

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

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Question #10

When installing a physical XtremIO Management Server (XMS) station, which requirement must be met?

A. XMS must be able to access one of the management ports on one X-Brick storage controller in the cluster

B. XMS must be able to access all management ports on the X-Brick storage controllers

C. XMS must be able to access only the management ports on the first X-Brick's storage controllers

D. XMS must be able to access all management ports on at least two X-Brick storage controllers in the cluster

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Question #11

A customer's storage administration team wants to receive e-mail notifications when the
XtremIO cluster detects an issue of major seventy. The customer has successfully configured and tested the e-mail server in the XtremIO GUI. However, the e-mail server is not receiving the expected notifications when major severity issues appear.
What is the cause of this issue?

A. Alert definitions have not been defined

B. Event handlers have not been defined

C. Private reports have not been defined

D. Public reports have not been defined

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #12

You need to design a VDI solution for a customer. Which best practices should be used for
VDI environments?

A. Align data on 4 kB boundaries. Allocate multiple XtremIO LUNs to each host

B. Align data on 4 kB boundaries. Put persona and user data on XtremIO LUNs

C. Align data on 8 kB boundaries. Put all VDI-related data on one large LUN

D. Align data on 8 kB boundaries. Put the master VM image on an XtremIO LUN

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Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #13

A storage administrator is configuring SAN switches and zoning to connect an eight X-Brick
XtremIO array. A VMware ESXi server is hosted on a blade chassis with 16 HBA ports. In addition, the SAN is composed of two separate SAN switches.
What is the recommended XtremIO best practice for zoning?

A. Connect a single storage controller to the first switchConnect a second storage controller to the second switchSingle initiator/multiple targets per zoneMaximum of 6 paths for each LUN per zone

B. Two HBA connections per host connected to a single switchMultiple initiators/multiple targets per zoneMaximum of 4 paths for each LUN per zone

C. Multiple HBA connections per hostSingle initiator/single target per zoneMaximum of 2 paths to each X-Brick for each initiatorEach host connected to each SAN switch

D. Connect all N1 storage controllers to the first switchConnect N2 storage controllers to the second switchMultipath all host ports to single LUNs per zoneMaximum of 4 paths for each LUN per zone

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Question #14

A customer is interested in transitioning their traditional infrastructure to the Cloud by implementing ViPR software-defined storage in an XtremIO environment. Which capabilities will EMC ViPR software-defined storage provide to XtremIO?

A. Chargeback reporting capabilityCentralizes reactive monitoring capabilityPolicy-driven configuration management

B. Delivers SaaSCentralized management and monitoringChargeback and billing capabilities

C. Creates virtual storage poolsAutomates disaster recoveryReplaces chargeback capabilities

D. Automatically grows storage volumesSlows growth of dataCentralized auto-deletes of aging files

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

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