Exam 2VB-601 topic 1 question 50 discussion

Actual exam question from VMware's 2VB-601

Question #: 50
Topic #: 1

An administrator is designing a vSAN cluster for a number of new workloads. The design calls for the use of erasure coding with RAID 5.
Which statement is true about what is needed to meet the needs of this scenario?

A. vSAN Standard licensing is sufficient
B. vSAN Enterprise licensing is required
C. An all-flash configuration is required.
D. Six nodes are required at a minimum.

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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️
RAID 5 or RAID 6 erasure coding is available only on all-flash disk groups.
References:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.virtualsan.doc/GUID-6D818555-8DE8-4F06-9498-66903FB9C775.html

by V08 at July 26, 2019, 3:16 p.m.

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chr

5 years, 4 months ago

The licencing changed with 6.7 so now C is now the only correct option. I presume this question was either written ahead of this with insider knowledge? Either that or as V08 stated it should have been a multi choice. https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/vsan/vmware-vsan-67-licensing-guide.pdf

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V08

5 years, 11 months ago

if this would be a multiple choice I'd say B & C

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daeng

4 years, 2 months ago

the right answer is C not B because for raid 5 you can use advanced license

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V08

5 years, 11 months ago

RAID-5 is not included in the standard VSAN license, you need either Advanced or Enterprise license - see p.4 in the licensing guide: https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/vsan/vmware-vsan-66-licensing-guide.pdf

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