Acronyms

Question 1

SCSI

Answer 1

Small Computer System Interface

Question 2

SAS

Answer 2

Serial Attached SCSI

Question 3

TCO

Answer 3

Total Cost of Ownership

Question 4

SFP

Answer 4

Small Form-Factor Pluggable Transceiver

Question 5

Latency

Answer 5

Time it takes to complete a task

Question 6

Scale Up

Answer 6

Upgrade controllers as needed to grow

Question 7

Scale Out

Answer 7

Add additional disk shelves

Question 8

RMA

Answer 8

Return Material Authorization

Question 9

iSCSI

Answer 9

NAS over ethernet

Cheap alternative to FC

Question 10

HBA

Answer 10

Host Bus Adapter

Question 11

SATA

Answer 11

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

Larger but slower drives usually 7.2k

Question 12

CIFS

Answer 12

Common Internet File System Protocol (Windows & Mac)

Question 13

NFS

Answer 13

Network File System Protocol (UNIX/SUN)

Question 14

LUN

Answer 14

Logical Unit Number (4k blocks for NetApp)

Question 15

WORM

Answer 15

Write Once Read Many

Question 16

SAN

Answer 16

Storage Area Network
Consolidated Block level storage
(No file abstraction/File Repository)

Question 17

RAID

Answer 17

Redundant Array of Independent Disk

Question 18

RAID-DP

Answer 18

Proprietary RAID-6 that provides Dual Disk Protection

Question 19

Volume

Answer 19

Cluster of LUN storage blocks

Question 20

Utility Computing

Answer 20

With cloud service you only pay for what you use

Question 21

DAS

Answer 21

Direct Attached Storage

Affordable storage devices for localized storage environments

Question 22

NAS

Answer 22

Network Attached Storage

Data Storage connected to a network providing access to a heterogeneous group of clients

Question 23

WAFL

Answer 23

Write Anywhere File Layout

Keeps track of where all LUN blocks are stored in volumes

Question 24

Share

Answer 24

CIFS storage block (Windows)

Question 25

QTree

Answer 25

NetApps Active Directory - A gateway for all authorized data

Question 26

Thin Provisioning

Answer 26

Allocates unused data where it needs to be for optimal data storage efficiency

Question 27

SLA

Answer 27

Service Level Agreement

Question 28

HA System

Answer 28

High Availability System (minimal downtime)

Question 29

Multi-Tennancy

Answer 29

Secure pipeline for different users within a shared data pool

Question 30

Deduplication

Answer 30

Removes redundant blocks which will reduce the amount of storage you have to maintain in a data pool

Question 31

NRD

Answer 31

Non Returnable Disk Drives

Question 32

VDI

Answer 32

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Question 33

NDU

Answer 33

Non Disruptive Upgrade

Question 34

IOPS

Answer 34

Input/Output Per Second