Tried to take my 70412 today. Was about 70% done when the proctor said they lost video and had to end the exam ( Online proctored)
Anyway I ran into a bunch of questions where I think two choices would be correct.
The questions do not say anything about MS best practice just give a scenario. Should I assume the best practice answer is correct or follow the question to the letter? Example
I was asked about a 2 node cluster and quorum settings, It asked what should I use if I wanted to give both nodes a vote if they were available. Best practice would be node with a disk majority I think, But it does not ask best practice, just what should you do to enable both nodes to vote. So I am going back and forth between node and disk majority and just node majority.
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Best practice or follow the exact ?
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Ralph,
Hey sorry to hear you wen't able to complete your exam but hey at least you do have silver lining there :-P
In my experience Microsoft exam question tend to lean towards:- Promoting their products.
- Performing the least amount of administrative effort.
Specifically, looking at the scenario you provided with 2 nodes (even number of nodes) I would follow there rules as follows (pulled from Technet, link below) and answer with Node and Disk Majority. I hope that helps! Let me know if you need anything else. Wishing you much success!
Kindly,
Cherokee--Node Majority (recommended for clusters with an odd number of nodes)
Can sustain failures of half the nodes (rounding up) minus one. For example, a seven node cluster can sustain three node failures.
--Node and Disk Majority (recommended for clusters with an even number of nodes)
Can sustain failures of half the nodes (rounding up) if the disk witness remains online. For example, a six node cluster in which the disk witness is online could sustain three node failures.
Can sustain failures of half the nodes (rounding up) minus one if the disk witness goes offline or fails. For example, a six node cluster with a failed disk witness could sustain two (3-1=2) node failures.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731739(v=ws.11).aspx
