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Exam Number: D-DP-FN-01

Available Languages: English, French, Japanese

Certification Overview

This exam focuses on data protection and management in a modern data center environment. It includes fault tolerant IT infrastructure, data backup, data deduplication, data replication, data archiving. It also includes cloud-based data protection techniques, data security, and data protection management. A limited number of questions refer to Dell product examples that are used in the training to reinforce the knowledge of technologies and concepts.

Target Audience

Associate Sales Engineers; Data Protection Consultants; Implementation Specialists; Infrastructure Administrators; Pre-Sales Engineers; Pre-Sales Solution Architects; Product Specialists; Solution Architects; Storage Administrators; Storage Architects; Storage Implementation Engineers; Systems Engineers; Technical Consultants; Technical Pre-Sales Representatives; Technical Support

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Exam Topics

The table below lists the topics that are included in this exam, and the approximate percentage of the exam devoted to each topic.

Category	Topics	Coverage
Data Protection and Management Introduction	Describe the need for data protection and management Explain data availability measurement, RPO, and RTO Describe the causes and impact of data unavailability Describe data protection and availability solutions Explain data protection architecture components	15%
Fault Tolerance Techniques	Explain fault tolerance infrastructure Describe compute-based fault tolerance techniques Describe storage-based fault tolerance techniques Describe network-based fault tolerance techniques Explain fault tolerance techniques - Application and Availability Zones	15%
Data Backup and Deduplication	Explain backup architecture, operations, and granularities Describe various backup methods Describe various backup topologies Explain the need and benefits of deduplication Describe deduplication granularities and methods	15%
Replication and Data Archiving	Explain primary uses of replicas and types of replications Describe various local replication methods Describe various remote replication methods Describe data archiving benefits and architecture Explain data archiving operation and storage	15%
Cloud-based Data Protection	Describe cloud-based data protection drivers and considerations Explain various cloud-based data protection types Describe multi-cloud data protection	10%
Securing the Data Protection Environment	Describe data security elements, AAA, and GRC Explain security threats in a data protection environment Describe various security controls Explain cybersecurity	15%
Managing the Data Protection Environment	Explain data management functions - Discovery and Operations Management Describe the importance of monitoring as part of data protection and management Explain various operation management activities	15%

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Data Protection Management Foundations