The Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) S11 node is a 4U appliance containing a single Compute Storage (CS) tray. The standard base configuration of this tray is engineered for a balance of performance and high-density storage. It includes two Intel-based server modules that handle processing tasks. For storage, it is equipped with six Solid-State Drives (SSDs) used for system operations, metadata, and caching to ensure low-latency access, and forty-two high-capacity Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) for the primary storage of object data.

A. This option is incorrect because the S11 CS tray is designed to house 42 HDDs, not 30, to maximize storage density.

C. This configuration is incorrect. The S11 model contains two server modules and six SSDs, not four servers and eight SSDs.

D. This option incorrectly specifies four server modules and eight SSDs; the S11 architecture is based on a dual-server module design.

1. Hitachi Vantara, "Hitachi Content Platform S-Series Node Hardware Reference," MK-92HCP033-12, February 2020.

Section: Chapter 2, "HCP S11 Node," Page 13 (PDF page 21).

Content: This document explicitly details the S11 node components, stating it contains "two server modules," "six 2.5-inch solid-state drives (SSDs)," and "forty-two 3.5-inch hard disk drives (HDDs)."

2. Hitachi Vantara, "Hitachi Content Platform S-Series Datasheet," DS-483-G, March 2020.

Section: "HCP S-Series Specifications" table, under the "HCP S11" column.

Content: The datasheet specifies the S11 model configuration as having "2 server modules," "6 x SSDs," and "42 x HDDs," confirming the component count in the correct answer.