Symmetrix Architecture

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1. Match the Symmetrix units with their size.

A
C I

D G

Open Systems sector DMX-2 and prior A. B. Open Systems track DMX-2 and prior C. D. Meta stripe width (all generations) E. MF track DMX-2 and prior F. G. Open Systems cylinder DMX-2 and H. prior I.

4 KB 8 KB 32 KB 56 KB 64 KB 128 KB 480 KB 512-byte 960 KB

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2. Match the Symmetrix units with their size.

H
B E

I
E

Open Systems Block (all generations) A. B. Open Systems sector DMX-3 C. D. Mixed System Cache Slot DMX-3 E. Open Systems cylinder DMX-3 F. G. MF track DMX-3 H. I.

4 KB 8 KB 32 KB 56 KB 64 KB 128 KB 480 KB 512-byte 960 KB

3. Match the basic I/O abbreviation type with its description.

C

RRH RRM SR SFW RDFW SDFW

D A
F G

A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H.

Sequential Read Serpentine Read Random Read Hit Random Read Miss Random Fast Write Sequential Fast Write Random Delayed Fast Write Sequential Delayed Fast Write

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4. Which Symmetrix unit generates a CRC for Open Systems? Block Cylinder MF track Open Systems track Sector

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5. What happens if a host writes only part of a sector and the DA tries to destage it? The DA first reads the rest of the sector from disk to calculate CRC The DA writes the data directly to disk

The data is considered corrupt and the Symm logs an error The Symm requests additional data from the host to fill the sector

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6. For Open Systems user data access, what is the minimum I/O size the Symm will execute on the back-end? One block One cylinder One Meta Stripe One sector One track

Performance Testing Methodology

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7. What are two [2] effects of using more than one process per LUN for Random I/O? Individual I/O response time may increase because of queuing The system will process fewer I/Os because of increased response time The system will process fewer I/Os because of queuing The system will process more I/Os because of queue optimization

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8. How many processes per LUN are used for characterization of sequential read/write tests (all protection types)? 1 2 4 8

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9. What is the amount of workload skew in Performance Engineering tests? 70% of the workload goes to 30% of the logicals 80% of the workload goes to 20% of the logicals 93% of the workload goes to 7% of the logicals All logicals get exactly the same workload; there is no skew

Performance Fundamentals
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10.

Assume your customer runs a single-threaded RRM test, 4 KB I/O, against a single mirrored Symmetri volume. In addition, assume 8mS average response time from the disk.

Considering that Performance Engineering methodologies may differ from the table displayed above, h many IOPS would the customer expect? No more than 80 100 125 233 513

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11. What is the primary factor(s) that determines DMX performance and scalability? Number of cache cards Number of disks and directors Number of internal cache-to-controller pathways are being used System bus bandwidth Whether the system uses Parity, RAID 5, or mirrored protection

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The 4 KB single disk RRM throughput and the single DA Processor RRM throughput from the DMX100 P2 (Symm6.5) is displayed. How many 15 k RPM disks are required to fully utilize the DA CPU? 9 11

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13. Using Performance Engineerings test methodologies for whole box testing, which three [3] statements describe the performance of RAID 5 versus mirrored protection? As long as the same number of disks exists, performance is the same For RRH, performance is the same For RRM on a single LUN, RAID 5 performs significantly better than mirrored protection For systems configured with the same capacity, RRM or SR are almost the same With the same number of drives, mirrored protection has better random write performance With the same number of drives, RAID 5 has better random write performance

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What is the maximum sustained throughput in the OLTP test shown above? A good Rule of Thumb is 60% of the dotted line or 11000 IOPS The dotted line shows the maximum sustained throughput in the test The last dot shows the sustainable throughput or 16000 IOPS The ninth interval shows the maximum sustainable throughput in the test The number scales linearly with the number of drives and controllers in the system

Symmetrix Write Behaviors

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15. In a DMX3000-M2 with 96 GB of cache, what is the percentage of usable cache that must be filled with dirty writes for the system to change to high priority destage? 20%

40% 60% 80% 100%

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16. In a DMX3000-M2 with 96 GB of cache, what is the percentage of usable cache that must be filled with dirty writes at which system write-pending limits are reached? 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

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17. What is a write-pending slot? A slot in cache which contains data that has not yet been written to disk A slot that the host is about to write to the Symmetrix Any data slot within the Symmetrix that is pointed to by a LRU or TBC ring Any data slot written from the host to the Symmetrix

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18. For DMX-2 and prior generations of Symmetrix, what is the default value of the Logical Volume Write Pending (LVWP) ceiling? 18414 cylinders Approximately 4000 tracks Five percent of the total writeable cache Is a function of the logical volume size and the amount of cache in the Symmetrix Is a function of the total amount of cache and total number of significant logical volumes in the configuration

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19. For DMX-3 with Enginuity 5771, what is the default value of the Logical Volume Write Pending (LVWP) ceiling? 65520 cylinders Five percent of the total writeable cache Is a function of the logical volume size and the amount of cache in the Symmetrix Is a function of the total amount of cache and total number of significant logical volumes in the configuration Is twice the amount of the DMX-2

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20. In DMX-2 and prior generations of Symmetrix, how much can the Logical Volume Write Pend (LVWP) limit be dynamically increased? LVWP limit can be set for each volume with SymCLI LVWP limit is not dynamically increased Up to 3x the default LVWP limit Up to 8x the default LVWP limit Up to 80% of usable cache

Symmetrix Write Behaviors

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21. In DMX-3 with Enginuity 5771, how much can the Logical Volume Write Pend (LVWP) limit be dynamically increased? LVWP limit can be set for each volume with SymCLI LVWP limit is not dynamically increased Up to 3x the default LVWP limit Up to 8x the default LVWP limit Up to 80% of usable cache

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22. If a customer reaches the LVWP ceiling, what is the most effective way to address the problem? Add cache Stripe across multiple disks Use Permacache Use RAID 5

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23. When 50% of the system write-pending limit is reached and the system switches to high priority destage, which two (2) statements describe what occurs with the Symmetrix? Further writes are not allowed until the DA has destaged data from cache If cache is not stressed, the system will allow up to 3x the default limit Read response time may be degraded Task2 or Task8 will appear on the A1,BA display Write priority is increased; DA destages writes more aggressively

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24. When the Symmetrix hits the system write-pending limit, which three [3] statements describe what occurs? Enginuity increases the write priority when the limit is reached; DA destages writes more aggressively Further host writes are delayed until DAs have freed additional cache slots If cache is not stressed, the system will allow up to 3x the default limit

Response time will be degraded Task2 will appear on the A1,BA inlines display

Reading Reports and Working with Performance Engineering

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Based on the above chart, how many 4 KB RRH IOPS will the DMX1000-M2 FA processor perform if actively addressing more than 50 LUNs? 10999 11574 12177 47077 100139

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Based on the above chart, how many 4 KB RRM IOPS will a single 146GB drive perform when 4 I/Os a queued to disk? 0.15 311 614 5511 7840

FICON Performance
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27. What is the maximum number of Open Exchanges (OE) supported per FICON channel? 16 32 64 Unlimited

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28. What is the maximum number of Buffer-to-Buffer credits (BB) supported per FICON channel? 16 32 60 Unlimited

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29. What is the maximum number of Information Units per Open Exchange (OE)? 16 32 64 Unlimited

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30. How is the number of Open Exchanges (OEs) used on average, per channel estimated? IO/sec * (CONN + DISC) IO/sec * (CONN + DISC + PEND_device_busy) IO/sec * (CONN + PEND) IO/sec * (CONN + PEND + DISC)

FICON Performance

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Based on the graphic above, assume no pend time or IOSQ time. On average and per channel, how many Open Exchanges (OEs) are in use for the DMX1000 at 33,243 IO/sec? 4.2 6.0 8.0

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Based on the graphic above, how many Open Exchanges (OEs) are in use per channel for the DMX1000-2 at 33,206 IO/sec? 4.2 6.0 7.0

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33. What is NOT contained in an Information Unit (IU)? CCW and Data

Channel Command Word (CCW) Data Open Exchanges (OEs)

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34. Which FICON component is more likely to become saturated during extreme I/O rates? BB CCW OE IU

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35. Why would FICON run out of Open Exchanges (OEs) during times of extreme I/O? Channel Busy Control Unit Busy Control Unit port processor saturation Device Busy

FICON Performance
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36. On average, which Open Exchange (OE) value should be planned for to ensure optimal response times? 3-5 7-8 16 32

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37. On average, how many IO/sec per FICON Control Unit port should be planned for to get reasonable response times on a DMX? 256 1000 2000-2500 2500-3200

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38. On average, how many IO/sec per FICON Control Unit port should be planned for to get optimal response times on a DMX-2? 256 1000

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