Your customer is considering HPE SimpliVity or HPE Synergy with HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 for a virtualization project.
Which statement about these platforms and their benefits is true?
A.
Traditional VMware clusters support up to 96 nodes, while HPE SimpliVity clusters support significantly fewer nodes in a single cluster.
B.
HPE Synergy has all required VMware Standard subscriptions embedded with the product, while standard deployment requires purchasing additional VMware subscriptions.
C.
HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 can only be used to create VMFS datastores, while HPE Synergy supports a variety of storage options including vVols, NFS, and VMFS.
D.
HPE Synergy storage management can be simplified with HPE Storage Integration Pack for VMware vCenter Server, once gateway licenses are added.
The correct answer is A because a traditional VMware design built on HPE Synergy and external HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 has a much larger VMware cluster scale ceiling than an HPE SimpliVity cluster. HPE SimpliVity is a hyperconverged platform with strict federation and cluster sizing limits; HPE’s SimpliVity FAQ states that the maximum recommended cluster size is 16 nodes, while a federation can scale further across clusters. A traditional VMware architecture can scale larger at the vSphere cluster level, so the statement correctly differentiates the two approaches. Option B is incorrect because HPE Synergy does not include all VMware subscriptions automatically; VMware licensing must be sized and purchased according to the deployment model. Option C is wrong because Alletra Storage MP B10000 is not limited to VMFS-only use; it supports VMware integration patterns beyond simple VMFS datastore creation. Option D incorrectly treats Synergy as a storage system managed through the HPE Storage Integration Pack. Reference/topics: HPE SimpliVity positioning, HPE Synergy with external storage, VMware cluster sizing, traditional versus HCI design.
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