EMC E20-001 exam dumps

EMC E20-001 exam is a qualifying examination for the EMC Proven Professional Associate level. This exam requires the successful candidate to be able to describe information storage technology solutions such as DAS, SAN, NAS and CAS. In addition, a candidate should be able to describe the key business and technical drivers for storage (including information availability and business continuity), common data center management and monitoring activities, and concepts of information security and storage virtualization.  The common themes of this exam are technology requirements, physical and logical elements, host-to-storage interconnection, data flow, and security. 

Duration ?90 minutes (60 questions)

Available Languages ?English

Exam Topics

Topics likely to be present on this exam include: 

Introduction to Information Storage Technology

Describe the challenges and list solutions available for information (data) storage and management 

List the five core elements of a data center infrastructure and describe the role of each in supporting business activities 

Storage Systems Architecture

List the hardware and software components of the host environment including:  

Describe the key protocols and concepts used by each 

Describe the physical and logical components of a connectivity environment

Identify the major physical components of a disk drive and their function; and define the logical constructs of a physical disk

Describe the access characteristics for disk drives and their performance implications including:  

Explain the logical partitioning of physical drives  

Explain the configuration of a logical disk

Compare and contrast common RAID levels; recommend the appropriate RAID levels based on performance and availability considerations

Describe the components of an intelligent storage system, back-end volume protection and front-end host configuration and I/O flow

Describe EMC product examples  - Symmetrix and CLARiiON   

Networked Storage

Describe Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) including:  

Explain the benefits and best environments for DAS use, DAS elements, connectivity options, and management considerations