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Nutanix Nutanix Certified Systems Engineer (NCSE) - Level 1 Exam
Nutanix Certified Systems Engineer (NCSE) - Level 1 (Page 3 )

Updated On: 26-Jan-2026
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A prospect that is currently virtualized using Dell servers is willing to provide a Live Optics report to assist with sizing a partial infrastructure refresh with Nutanix.

Which two items from an approach for sampling accurate sizing data with

Live Optics? (Choose one)

  1. 24-hour windows during a period of peak utilization
  2. 12-hour windows during any period
  3. 24-hour windows during any period
  4. 12-hour windows during a period of peak utilization

Answer(s): C



A customer is asking for a quote for a hybrid cluster to run general purpose VMs and an ERP application containing a 500GB database. The customer has a VSAN ReadyNode quote already and looking for a comparable Nutanix solution. They share the following specifications

3 hosts

2 x E5-2640v4 CPU

512GB RAM

1 x 480GB SSD

2 x 8TB HDD

2 x 1GB NIC

Which two aspects of the requested configuration should cause concern and need for further discovery? (Choose two.)

  1. 2 x E5-2640v4 CPU
  2. 512GB RAM
  3. 1 x 480GB SSD
  4. 2 x 8TB HDD
  5. 2 x 1GB NIC

Answer(s): C,E



When sizing for Splunk, the customer states the daily ingest rate is 500GB and they are currently using Search Factor 2 and Splunk Replication Factor 2.

Which two additional input are required by Sizer? (Choose two)

  1. Data Retention
  2. Network Bandwidth
  3. Number of Events
  4. Number of Datastores
  5. Concurrent Search Users

Answer(s): A,E



An SE is using the output from RVTools to size the storage capacity for a Nutanix Cluster.

Which value most closely resembles the minimum required storage capacity that should be entered for the aggregate workload in sizer?

  1. 15 TB.
  2. 24 TB
  3. 37 TB
  4. 39 TB

Answer(s): D



During a meeting with a prospect a storage administrator comments that they're currently using 16Gb Fibre Channel for their SAN and believes that 10Gb Ethernet can't provide adequate bandwidth or low latency.

As a followup to the meeting, which Nutanix Bible section would be most helpful in overcoming the storage administrator's objection?

  1. Data locality
  2. Storage Tiering and Prioritization
  3. Cluster Components
  4. Drive Breakdown
  5. Do you have any infrastructure refreshes planned for this year?

Answer(s): A



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