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Filesystem Recovery Course - VMFS Recovery Test

What is the typical size of small cluster?

16 KB
1MB
4 KB
8 KB

Can VMFS combine several physical disks?

yes, but only into JBOD and mirror
no
yes, but only into JBOD

What metadata is stored in an inode?

date and time of file creation, the file name, and the file type
date and time of file creation, the file size, and file name
date and time of file creation, the file size, and the file type

Where are small clusters stored?

in inodes
arbitrarily on the volume
inside a special file

Where are the numbers of the first and the last segments stored?

in the extent header
in the volume header

How inodes, indirect blocks table and small file repository are stored?

as special metadata structures
as regular files in the root filesystem directory

What is the recommended data recovery approach for a multi-disk VMFS volume?

do RAID0 recovery first and then do filesystem recovery
do filesystem recovery on each disk separately
first reassemble the volume from extents and then do filesystem recovery

When was the first release of VMFS filesystem?

2006
2000
2004
2002

What happens when a file is deleted?

metadata in the corresponding inode is overwritten with zeros
payload in the corresponding inode is overwritten with zeros
an entire inode is overwritten with zeros

Where does VMFS store files smaller than 1 KB?

in a dedicated repository
inside the corresponding inodes
in indirect blocks table

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