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Pure Storage Certified Data Storage Associate
The entry credential of the fastest-growing enterprise array vendor in Europe: block, file and object and the protocols that reach them, what flash changed and how data reduction makes it affordable, then the FlashArray and FlashBlade families, the Purity operating environment, the Evergreen model, Pure1 analytics, and the snapshot, replication and SafeMode features that protect the data.
What you get
Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.
What the exam covers
| Storage fundamentals | Not published |
| The Pure Storage portfolio and operations | Not published |
Two sample questions
1. What does ActiveCluster provide?
- Asynchronous replication running on a schedule
- A backup copy held in the cloud
- A snapshot taken every few minutes
- Active-active synchronous replication — correct
Why: Both sites serve the same volume at the same time.
2. What does latency measure?
- Delay per operation — correct
- Operations per second
- Data per second
- Number of drives
Why: Latency measures the delay before an operation completes.
The real Pure Storage Certified Data Storage Associate exam
| Length | 90 minutes |
|---|---|
| Questions | 60 |
| Pass mark | Scaled score; Pure does not publish the percentage |
| Price | Purchased per attempt, with partner and customer pricing through the Pure certification portal |
| Recommended before you sit it | None. Basic familiarity with servers and networking is assumed but no storage experience is required. |
| Valid for | 2 years |
Exam facts as published by Pure Storage; always check the vendor’s page before you book.
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