HPE7-J01 practice question 4 of 10

A media and entertainment customer has asked you to evaluate their hybrid cloud storage strategy. They currently operate on-premises with HPE Alletra…

A media and entertainment customer has asked you to evaluate their hybrid cloud storage strategy. They currently operate on-premises with HPE Alletra 5000 (400TB usable) and are considering adding public cloud object storage for long-term archival. Their content library includes 800TB of archived footage; production workloads generate 10TB/week of new content requiring 100ms latency access for editing. They want to evaluate whether their solution can scale cost-effectively while maintaining performance. Which evaluation factors and recommendations should guide your assessment?

Answer options

A: Evaluate on-premises capacity planning (when will Alletra 5000 fill), cloud egress costs for retrieval workflows, and cold/hot object storage tier selection; recommend multi-tier strategy with HPE Alletra Cloud Manager for seamless lifecycle policies and reserve hot object storage tier in cloud for occasional editing access within latency SLA Correct answer

B: Evaluate only storage capacity and recommend immediately migrating 400TB to public cloud object storage to reduce on-premises costs; use lifecycle policies to expire archival content after 2 years

C: Evaluate on-premises performance and recommend adding HPE Alletra 6000 for local caching of frequently accessed cloud objects, with weekly bulk uploads to cold cloud storage tier

D: Evaluate network bandwidth utilization and recommend implementing HPE StoreOnce at the cloud edge for local deduplication; replicate all production data to object storage nightly to eliminate on-premises scaling needs

Correct Answer:

A. Evaluate on-premises capacity planning (when will Alletra 5000 fill), cloud egress costs for retrieval workflows, and cold/hot object storage tier selection; recommend multi-tier strategy with HPE Alletra Cloud Manager for seamless lifecycle policies and reserve hot object storage tier in cloud for occasional editing access within latency SLA

Explanation

When evaluating a hybrid cloud storage strategy for media and entertainment workloads, assessments must address both technical latency requirements and financial impacts. Production editing workloads demand predictable, low-latency access (100ms SLA), which is best served by keeping active content on high-performance on-premises flash systems like HPE Alletra 5000. For archival growth, object storage provides cost-effective scaling, but cloud egress fees during data retrieval can significantly increase operational costs. A comprehensive evaluation analyzes on-premises capacity exhaustion timelines, egress charges, and storage tiering. Utilizing HPE Alletra Cloud Manager allows seamless lifecycle policy administration across tiers, while maintaining a hot object storage tier ensures occasional retrieval for editing stays within SLA requirements.

Why Incorrect

B. Evaluating only capacity ignores critical egress costs and network latency requirements, and expiring 800TB of media archive after two years destroys business-critical enterprise assets. C. HPE Alletra 6000 is a high-performance primary block storage array, not a dedicated local cache appliance for public cloud object storage read workflows. D. HPE StoreOnce is an inline deduplication backup target optimized for backup streams, not a high-throughput active production media editing storage gateway.

References

- HPE Alletra 5000 Architecture and Design Guide

Section: Hybrid Cloud Integration and Lifecycle Policies

pp. 14-18.

- HPE GreenLake for Storage Architecture Guide

Section: Media Workloads and Cloud Egress Optimization

pp. 32-35.

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