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Which two statements are true about VSAN deduplication and compression? (Choose two.)
A. vSAN deduplication and compression are enabled on a per virtual machines basis.
B. vSAN deduplication and compression deduplicate with a variable block size.
C. vSAN deduplication and compression are enabled at the cluster level and occur at the disk group level.
D. vSAN deduplication and compression deduplicate with a fixed 4K-block size.
Correct Answer: CD
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
You can enable deduplication and compression as a cluster-wide setting, but they are applied on a disk group basis. The vSAN deduplication block size is 4K fixed.
References:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.virtualsan.doc/GUID-3D2D80CC-444E-454E-9B8B-25C3F620EFED.html
https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/2017/11/29/vsan-operations-adding-removing-drives-deduplication-compression-enabled/