350-601 Compute Practice Question
An administrator is configuring a HyperFlex cluster with 4 nodes. To ensure data availability in the event of two simultaneous node failures, what replication factor should be configured?
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RF3
With RF3, each data block is stored on three nodes, allowing the cluster to survive two node failures (provided the witness is available for quorum).
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RF3
Why this is correct
Correct. RF3 can tolerate two concurrent node failures.
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RF2
Why it's wrong here
RF2 can only survive one node failure.
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RF4
Why it's wrong here
HyperFlex supports RF2 and RF3 only.
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RF1
Why it's wrong here
RF1 provides no redundancy.
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