Exam NCP-EUC Topic 1 Question 55 Discussion
Actual exam question for Nutanix's NCP-EUC exam
Question #: 55
Topic #: 1
Question #: 55
Topic #: 1
An administrator is planning an AHV environment using AOS 6.10. It will need to support 4,000 desktops with 16GB of RAM each (64TB of RAM). The business wants to minimize operational overhead and optimize hardware resources. Each cluster must be able to tolerate a node failure while supporting all of its VMs.
What would be best configuration?
What would be best configuration?
Suggested Answer: B Vote an answer
To meet the requirements of minimizing operational overhead and optimizing hardware resources while ensuring N+1 availability, Option B is the optimal design.
* Operational Overhead: Managing two clusters (Option B) creates significantly less administrative burden (upgrades, lifecycle management, failure domains) than managing four clusters (Options C and D).
* Resource Optimization & Availability:
* Total Load: 64TB of RAM (4,000 VMs * 16GB).
* Option B (Correct): 2 Clusters × 32 Nodes = 64 Total Nodes.
* Per Cluster: 32 nodes × 1.5TB = 48TB Total RAM.
* Required RAM per cluster (2,000 VMs): 32TB.
* N+1 Check: If 1 node fails, available RAM is 46.5TB. (46.5TB > 32TB required). This validates redundancy with fewer physical nodes (64) compared to Option D (72 nodes).
* Option A: Fails N+1. (32 nodes × 1TB = 32TB. If 1 node fails, 31TB available < 32TB required).
* Option D: Uses 72 nodes (higher hardware count/cost) and 4 clusters (higher overhead), making it less optimal than B.
* Operational Overhead: Managing two clusters (Option B) creates significantly less administrative burden (upgrades, lifecycle management, failure domains) than managing four clusters (Options C and D).
* Resource Optimization & Availability:
* Total Load: 64TB of RAM (4,000 VMs * 16GB).
* Option B (Correct): 2 Clusters × 32 Nodes = 64 Total Nodes.
* Per Cluster: 32 nodes × 1.5TB = 48TB Total RAM.
* Required RAM per cluster (2,000 VMs): 32TB.
* N+1 Check: If 1 node fails, available RAM is 46.5TB. (46.5TB > 32TB required). This validates redundancy with fewer physical nodes (64) compared to Option D (72 nodes).
* Option A: Fails N+1. (32 nodes × 1TB = 32TB. If 1 node fails, 31TB available < 32TB required).
* Option D: Uses 72 nodes (higher hardware count/cost) and 4 clusters (higher overhead), making it less optimal than B.
by Marico at Mar 02, 2026, 05:31 PM
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