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Exam Code/Number: E20-559
Exam Name/Title: Specialist, Systems Administrator | Isilon Solutions Exam
Certification Provider: EMC
Corresponding Certification: Storage Administrator (EMCSA)

Exam Questions: 98
Updated On: May 30, 2026

Question #21

What is a valid hierarchical structure in the Isilon Job Engine v2.0?

A. Items contain tasks

B. Tasks contain jobs

C. Jobs contain phases

D. Tasks contain phases

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #22

What accurately describes the behavior of On Disk Identity set to native on an Isilon cluster?

A. User identities must be defined through external authentication providers

B. All files in shares can only be owned by a SID

C. All files in exports can only be owned by a UID

D. A file will be owned by a user's real SID if no real UID exists for that user

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #23

What is a benefit of storing Hadoop data on an Isilon cluster versus a traditional Hadoop environment?

A. NameNode resides on a single node

B. Nodes do both computation and storage

C. Requires 3X data mirroring

D. In-place analytics

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #24

How is InsightIQ changed when FSA is enabled?

A. When enabled, a Job runs on the cluster and collects InsightIQ data

B. Enabled on a VM or physical server and helps plan SmartPools and file system use

C. By default, it runs every hour and monitors cluster performance

D. FSAnalyze queries results from the last InsightIQ run and populates file system reports

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Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #25

What accurately describes the behavior of InsightIQ with FSA enabled on an Isilon cluster?

A. A separate FSA license is required

B. FSA job runs at 22:00 hours every night by default

C. Storage usage statistics will be less accurate

D. Total number of monitored nodes capacity is reduced by half

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #26

Based on the command output shown in the exhibit, what does the "+" represent?

A. File has a synthetic ACL on it

B. File has an advanced ACL on it

C. File's mode bits take precedence

D. Root is a super user

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #27

A storage administrator wants to gather NFS performance numbers on an Isilon cluster. The administrator does not currently have a license for InsightIQ.
What is another Isilon tool that can be used to monitor the cluster?

A. isi statistics

B. isi set

C. isi nfs

D. isi networks

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

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Question #28

Which Isilon cluster quota events can be triggered for a soft quota?

A. Soft quota limit exceeded, limit remains exceeded, grace period expired, and report generation failed

B. Soft quota limit exceeded, grace period expired, write access denied, and advisory limit exceeded

C. Soft quota limit exceeded, limit remains exceeded, grace period expired, and write access denied

D. Soft quota write access denied, grace period expired, write access denied, and report generation failed

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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Question #29

For which IT solution is an Isilon NL-Series node best suited?

A. Nearline archiving

B. Hadoop workflows

C. Quantitative analysis

D. Internet Web 2.0 applications

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #30

Which type of issues are resolved by enabling Source-Based Routing on an Isilon cluster?

A. TCP retransmission

B. Asymmetric routing

C. IP address space depletion

D. SmartConnect load balance

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

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