Exam NCP-EUC Topic 7 Question 109 Discussion
Actual exam question for Nutanix's NCP-EUC exam
Question #: 109
Topic #: 7
Question #: 109
Topic #: 7
An administrator is setting up a storage container to provision Citrix MCS Non-persistent desktops. This storage container is dedicated to these desktops.
Which settings should the administrator select to optimize the storage?
Which settings should the administrator select to optimize the storage?
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According to the "Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Nutanix" best practices guide, the recommended storage container configuration depends on the provisioning method. For Citrix MCS (Machine Creation Services) Non-persistent workloads, the following settings are explicitly recommended in the Nutanix storage table:
* Compression: Enabled (Inline compression is recommended for all workloads to improve capacity and performance).
* Deduplication: Disabled (For non-persistent MCS, the write-heavy differencing disks are deleted upon reboot, making post-process capacity deduplication ineffective. While performance deduplication can help with reads, Nutanix Shadow Clones automatically handle caching of the base image on AHV, rendering deduplication largely redundant and an unnecessary overhead for this specific use case).
* Erasure Coding: Disabled (Erasure coding is not suitable for the random write patterns and "hot" data associated with active VDI desktops; it is designed for cold, archive data).
Therefore, the correct configuration is Compression Enabled, Deduplication Disabled, and Erasure Coding Disabled.
Here are the 100% verified answers and detailed explanations based on the latest Nutanix End User Computing and Best Practices documentation.
* Compression: Enabled (Inline compression is recommended for all workloads to improve capacity and performance).
* Deduplication: Disabled (For non-persistent MCS, the write-heavy differencing disks are deleted upon reboot, making post-process capacity deduplication ineffective. While performance deduplication can help with reads, Nutanix Shadow Clones automatically handle caching of the base image on AHV, rendering deduplication largely redundant and an unnecessary overhead for this specific use case).
* Erasure Coding: Disabled (Erasure coding is not suitable for the random write patterns and "hot" data associated with active VDI desktops; it is designed for cold, archive data).
Therefore, the correct configuration is Compression Enabled, Deduplication Disabled, and Erasure Coding Disabled.
Here are the 100% verified answers and detailed explanations based on the latest Nutanix End User Computing and Best Practices documentation.
by Lester at Jan 13, 2026, 11:39 PM
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