An HPE Storage Platform Engineer is reviewing an infrastructure refresh plan. The customer intends to deploy an HPE Alletra B10000. The customer insists on using the Alletra B10000 to directly host home directories and roaming user profiles via native SMB protocols for 5,000 employees.
admin@alletra-b10000:~$ showprotocols -supported
Supported Storage Protocols:
- Fibre Channel (FC)
- iSCSI
- NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF/FC,
NVMe-oF/TCP)
Unsupported Protocols:
- Server Message Block (SMB/CIFS)
- Network File System (NFS)
- S3 Object API
Which TWO statements accurately describe the architectural mismatch and required remediation in this scenario? (Choose 2.)

• A. The Alletra B10000 natively supports SMB, but the array's inline deduplication engine will severely corrupt the roaming user profile metadata
• B. Hosting roaming user profiles on Block storage requires enabling Fibre Channel N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) on the Windows client operating systems to access the underlying LUNs
• C. The HPE Alletra B10000 is a purpose-built Block storage platform (FC/iSCSI/NVMe-oF); it does not natively speak File storage protocols like SMB or NFS for direct end-user file sharing
• D. The customer should swap the Alletra B10000 for an Object storage platform, as Object storage provides the lowest possible latency for native Windows SMB file sharing
• E. To satisfy the requirement using the Alletra B10000, the engineer must provision Block storage LUNs to an intermediate file server cluster (like Windows Server Failover Cluster) which will then share the files via SMB to the end-users

An Infrastructure Capacity Planner is evaluating a legacy-to-modern storage migration assessment. The customer has a strict OpEx budget model, requires seamless scalability for an unpredictable VDI workload expansion, and mandates Proactive Support Manager integration.
They are deciding between acquiring HPE MSA Gen7 arrays via traditional CapEx or an HPE GreenLake for Block Storage solution.
Which THREE factors make the GreenLake consumption model the optimal choice for this specific assessment scenario? (Select all that apply.)

• A. It allows for rapid, buffer-based capacity scaling to accommodate the unpredictable VDI workload growth
• B. It inherently includes advanced proactive support models, satisfying the Proactive Support Manager requirement
• C. It eliminates the need to perform any pre-migration performance baselining on the legacy storage arrays
• D. It provides a lower total cost of ownership over a 10-year period compared to a fully depreciated CapEx model
• E. It aligns perfectly with the customer's strict requirement for an OpEx-driven financial acquisition framework

A Storage Architect is evaluating a disaster recovery design for a multinational healthcare provider.
Requirements:
RPO = 0
RTO < 5 minutes
Active production workloads
Two datacenters separated by 28 km
Automated failover preferred
Current Infrastructure:
Dual Fibre Channel fabrics
VMware vSphere
HPE Alletra Storage MP
Which THREE architectural components should be included in the design? (Choose 3.)

• A. Synchronous replication to maintain identical data copies between sites
• B. SPOCK-validated multipathing software to ensure supported host failover behavior
• C. Peer Persistence to provide transparent storage failover and active-active presentation
• D. Daily asynchronous replication to minimize bandwidth consumption
• E. Manual LUN import procedures executed after site failure

A Cyber Resiliency Architect is reviewing a ransomware recovery strategy.
Current Design:
Snapshots: Every 15 Minutes
Retention: 30 Days
Replication: Daily
Immutable Snapshots: Disabled
StoreOnce Immutable Backups: Disabled
Business Requirement:
"No administrator should be capable of destroying every available recovery point." Which THREE enhancements should be implemented? (Choose 3.)

• A. Object Lock Compliance Mode where supported
• B. Immutable StoreOnce backup copies
• C. Additional RAID parity protection
• D. Increased SAN bandwidth
• E. Immutable snapshot retention

A Storage Architect is reviewing a proposed QoS design.
Array Sustainable Performance:
160,000 IOPS
Configured Minimum Guarantees:
Oracle RAC: 70,000
SAP HANA: 50,000
SQL Production: 45,000
VDI: 25,000
Which THREE conclusions are correct? (Choose 3.)

• A. The storage platform automatically creates additional performance resources during saturation events
• B. The configured guarantees exceed sustainable platform capability
• C. The QoS design should be revised before implementation
• D. SLA violations may occur during periods of contention
• E. Thin provisioning compensates for oversubscribed performance guarantees