NetSec-Architect Practice Question: Centralized Management And Security Automation AT Scale
An architect is designing a centralized Panorama log collection architecture with Dedicated Log Collectors. Which TWO of the following design considerations are critical for ensuring high availability and reliable log ingestion? (Choose two)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Configuring Log Collector Groups to allow log redundancy and failover handling across multiple collector nodes.
Log Collector High Availability requires collector groups and proper sizing/redundancy so that if one collector fails, peers can take over log reception without data loss.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Configuring Log Collector Groups to allow log redundancy and failover handling across multiple collector nodes.
Why this is correct
Collector Groups provide high availability by enabling log forwarding failover to member collectors if a primary node goes offline.
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Ensuring that the network bandwidth between firewalls and Log Collectors exceeds the peak log generation rate.
Why this is correct
Sufficient WAN/LAN bandwidth prevents log queue overflows and packet drops during high-traffic security events.
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Mounting the log collector internal database partition directly onto a local firewall hard drive via NFS.
Why it's wrong here
NFS mounting collector partitions is unsupported.
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Enabling SNMP v2c polling on all log collectors to allow direct log database querying.
Why it's wrong here
SNMP is not used for log database querying.
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Configuring firewalls to store all logs locally in NVRAM indefinitely as a primary collection method.
Why it's wrong here
Firewalls have limited local storage and offload logs to collectors rather than storing them indefinitely in NVRAM.
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